title: Fatal digoxin overdose.
abstract: Overdosage with cardiac glycosides is well documented, but not usually fatal. A case is described in which cardiac arrest in asystole was associated with a serum digoxin level of 50-4 microgram/1, the highest concentration yet reported after oral administration.
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D004077:Digoxin / Q000506:poisoning*; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013405:Suicide
chemical_list: D004077:Digoxin