ALLMedicine™ Digitalis Toxicity Center

Jul 19th, 2022 - History At least 10 inherited disorders of magnesium handling cause hypomagnesemia. [117] Consequently, a careful family history is important, particularly when acquired causes of hypomagnesemia have been excluded. Magnesium is critically importan...

Dec 14th, 2021 - Diagnostic Considerations Pseudohyperkalemia is the term applied to the clinical situation in which in vitro lysis of cellular contents leads to measurement of a high serum potassium level that does not reflect the true in vivo level. It occurs mo...

Mar 25th, 2021 - Approach Considerations Tests to order in patients with suspected calcium channel blocker toxicity include glucose, potassium, bicarbonate, lactate, and calcium levels and an electrocardiogram (ECG). Measurement of arterial blood gases should be c...

Feb 20th, 2021 - Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a rare ventricular dysrhythmia with a limited differential diagnosis that includes digitalis toxicity, catecholaminergic polymorphic VT, aconite poisoning, and genetic channelopathy syndromes, specific...

Nov 21st, 2019 - Reference Range Folk healers and physicians have used digitalis preparations for over 200 years to treat various illnesses. Like many other medications, digitalis was originally derived from a plant (foxglove). Digitalis strengthens the force of c...

Aug 5th, 2022 - SPL PATIENT PACKAGE INSERT SECTION HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESCRIBING INFORMATION These highlights do not include all the information needed to use CALCIUM ACETATE CAPSULES safely and effectively. See full prescribing information for CALCIUM ACETATE CAPSUL...

Dec 30th, 2021 - SPL UNCLASSIFIED SECTION Approved by FDA under NADA # 131-538 SPL UNCLASSIFIED SECTION Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian. DESCRIPTION SECTION Furosemide is a potent loop diuretic which is a de...

Dec 30th, 2021 - SPL UNCLASSIFIED SECTION Approved by FDA under NADA # 129-034 Furosemide is not USP for dissolution. For use in dogs only. SPL UNCLASSIFIED SECTION Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian. DESCRIPTI...

Dec 30th, 2021 - SPL UNCLASSIFIED SECTION Approved by FDA under NADA # 131-538 SPL UNCLASSIFIED SECTION Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian. DESCRIPTION SECTION Furosemide is a potent loop diuretic which is a de...

Dec 30th, 2021 - SPL UNCLASSIFIED SECTION Approved by FDA under NADA # 129-034 Furosemide is not USP for dissolution. For use in dogs only. SPL UNCLASSIFIED SECTION Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian. DESCRIPTI...

May 19th, 2015 - I walked around the stack of useless insurance forms for an afternoon. Buried within it were five requests to change the medication regimen of patients served well for a decade. When I read the latest request to stop my patient's digitalis and sta...

Jun 16th, 2014 - Discussion The T waves are not particularly prominent, but the bases of the T waves quickly become narrow. The T waves are tented, as if pinched from above, especially in leads V2 and V3, and are diagnostic of hyperkalemia. The patient's serum pot...

Dec 16th, 2013 - Discussion Judging from the timing, these waves could pass as P waves with first-degree atrioventricular (AV) block, U waves, or both, and it cannot be settled. In the rhythm strip of lead II in the bottom, 2 premature ventricular contractions (PV...

Aug 9th, 2013 - This feature requires the newest version of Flash. You can download it here. Dr Samuel Goldhaber turns his attention away from thrombosis to focus on summer reading with his review of Dr Peter Kowey's second thriller . Much has changed since Drs G...

Jan 18th, 2012 - General Comments Editor's Note: Before reading this article, it is recommended that readers first review "Nonauscultatory Cardiac Exam: Assessing the Elderly Person," previously published on Medscape. As with most clinical procedures, in performin...