Early Recognition of Digoxin Toxicity Is Essential
- Early recognition of potentially life-threatening digoxin toxicity may result in improved treatment outcomes.1,2
- Signs of potentially life-threatening digoxin toxicity include life-threatening or hemodynamically unstable cardiac
dysrhythmias, hyperkalemia, and evidence of end-organ dysfunction from hypoperfusion.2 - Cardiac effects are of the greatest concern in patients with digoxin toxicity.2
Don't miss the signs of potentially life-threatening digoxin toxicity
Signs of digoxin toxicity include:
Cardiac Dysrhythmias3,4
- Severe ventricular dysrhythmias
- Progressive bradydysrhythmias
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Severe ventricular dysrhythmias3,4
(eg, ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation) -
Progressive bradydysrhythmias3,4
(eg, severe sinus bradycardia, second- or third-degree heart block unresponsive to atropine)
Laboratory Parameters2,3
- Severely elevated serum potassium levels with rapidly progressive signs and symptoms
- Severely elevated serum digoxin levels with clinically significant signs and symptoms
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Severely elevated serum potassium levels with rapidly progressive signs and symptoms2
(eg, >5.5 mEq/L in adults or >6 mEq/L in children) -
Severely elevated serum digoxin levels with clinically significant signs and symptoms2,3
(eg, steady state concentrations >6 ng/mL in adults or >4 ng/mL in children)
Evidence of End-Organ Dysfunction2
- Signs and symptoms of end-organ dysfunction from hypoperfusion
- Signs and symptoms of end-organ dysfunction from hypoperfusion2 (eg, renal failure, altered mental status, abdominal pain)