Suicidal digoxin intoxication in 61 year old patient
Digoxin is one of the oldest drugs used in cardiology. It belongs to subgroup of cardiac glycosides. Currently, due to limited indications for use, cases of poisoning with this group of drugs are becoming less common. Ease of poisoning results from the low therapeutic index and symptoms of intoxicat...
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| author | Erwin Ciechański Krystian Lech Ciechański Michał Tchórz |
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| description | Digoxin is one of the oldest drugs used in cardiology. It belongs to subgroup of cardiac glycosides. Currently, due to limited indications for use, cases of poisoning with this group of drugs are becoming less common. Ease of poisoning results from the low therapeutic index and symptoms of intoxication may include many different systems. The most serious symptoms of overdose are cardiac arrhythmias. We present a case of a patient with suicide poisoning due to ingestion of 30 tablets of 0.1mg digoxin. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-52417a0e3e1349c7bdf315df386363072022-12-22T02:55:40ZengKazimierz Wielki UniversityJournal of Education, Health and Sport2391-83062019-08-0198Suicidal digoxin intoxication in 61 year old patientErwin Ciechański0Krystian Lech Ciechański1Michał Tchórz2Department of Cardiology, Regional Specialist Hospital in LublinStudent's Research Group at the Department of Toxicology, Medical University of LublinDepartment of Toxicology, Medical University of LublinDigoxin is one of the oldest drugs used in cardiology. It belongs to subgroup of cardiac glycosides. Currently, due to limited indications for use, cases of poisoning with this group of drugs are becoming less common. Ease of poisoning results from the low therapeutic index and symptoms of intoxication may include many different systems. The most serious symptoms of overdose are cardiac arrhythmias. We present a case of a patient with suicide poisoning due to ingestion of 30 tablets of 0.1mg digoxin.https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/26446digoxin intoxicationsuicidetoxicology |
| spellingShingle | Erwin Ciechański Krystian Lech Ciechański Michał Tchórz Suicidal digoxin intoxication in 61 year old patient Journal of Education, Health and Sport digoxin intoxication suicide toxicology |
| title | Suicidal digoxin intoxication in 61 year old patient |
| title_full | Suicidal digoxin intoxication in 61 year old patient |
| title_fullStr | Suicidal digoxin intoxication in 61 year old patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Suicidal digoxin intoxication in 61 year old patient |
| title_short | Suicidal digoxin intoxication in 61 year old patient |
| title_sort | suicidal digoxin intoxication in 61 year old patient |
| topic | digoxin intoxication suicide toxicology |
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