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Study of digoxin use in a public health unit
Provedor de dados: 42
Autores: Souza,Felipe C.; Marques,Emiliana B.; Scaramello,Rogério B.M.; Christianne,B.V.
Digoxin is used for heart failure associated to systolic dysfunction and high ventricular rate. It has a narrow therapeutic range and intoxication may occur due to drug interactions or comorbidities. The aim of this work was to study digoxin use in a public health unit delineating the profile of patients susceptible to digitalis intoxication. Medical records belonging to patients admitted to the cardiomyopathy ward of the health unit (2009-2010) and in use of digoxin were analyzed. Among 647 patients admitted, 185 individuals using digoxin and possessed records available. The registration of plasma digoxin concentration was found in 80 records and it was out of the therapeutic range in 42 patients (52.5%). This group of individuals was constituted mainly...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Digoxin; Intoxication; Public health unit; Therapeutic range.
Ano: 2015
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652015000201033