Massive digoxin ingestion. Report of a case and review of currently available therapies.
Recent reports of treatment of massive digoxin overdosage have emphasized the success of medical therapy. This report describes a fatal outcome to this problem despite aggressive medical management, including pervenous cardiac pacing and draws attention to deficiencies in current treatment of a serious problem.
D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000628:therapy; D004077:Digoxin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D010672:Phenytoin / Q000494:pharmacology; D011342:Procainamide / Q000494:pharmacology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D014554:Urination
D010672:Phenytoin; D004077:Digoxin; D008012:Lidocaine; D011342:Procainamide