It is acceptable to give in pregnancy when necessary (pregnancy category C).10 vials if patient hemodynamically unstable.5 vials if patient is hemodynamically stable.Number of vials required = (Serum Digoxin Level) x (Weight in kilograms)/100.number of vials required = 1.6 x (Ingested dose in milligrams).If the quantity is known but not the dose.Each vial contains 38 mg of antidote (Digibind) which will bind to 50 mcg of digoxin (Ershad 2020).Known hypersensitivity to digoxin or other digitalis derived productsĪntidote (Digibind) Equation (Pincus 2016):.Patients with WPW as it could increase anterograde conduction leading to ventricular fibrillation.Consider if known ingestion time was < 1hr ago Activated charcoal is an adjunctive treatment.Replete magnesium levels as hypomagnesemia can potentiate digoxin toxicity.Potassium may be low secondary to concomitant use of diuretics which can potentiate toxic effect.Patients may be symptomatic at therapeutic levels.It does not have to be >2 to have toxic effects.Not well studied, not indicated for removal of digoxin (Mowry 2015).Transvenous pacer wires may cause myocardial irritability (Kashani 2005).Consider Atropine 0.5 mg IV in bradydysrhythmia or high degree AV block.Do not wait for digoxin level if clinical presentation of digoxin toxicity is the likely cause.Chronic elevation of digoxin concentration with AMS, cardiac dysrhythmia, or severe GI symptoms.Acute ingestion of >4mg (>0.1 mg/kg) in peds.Digoxin level >10, 6 hours following ingestion.Any life-threatening digoxin related dysrhythmia.Evaluate for life threatening arrythmias.Theoretical idea of stone heart has been disproven (Levine, 2011).If hyperkalemia is present treat with Insulin, albuterol, and Calcium or follow your institution’s hyperkalemia protocol.Digibind is your treatment of choice in hyperkalemia in the setting of Digoxin Toxicity.Evaluate for hyperkalemia in acute toxicity as there is correlation with severity.For acute ingestions obtain levels on presentation and 6 hours after known ingestion.Evaluate for elevated digoxin levels in acute toxicity.Regular Afib in the setting of digoxin toxicity (Burns 2021) Impulses from the lower AV node will go down the left and right bundle branches leading to a Bidirectional Ventricular Tachycardia (Richter 2009) (figure 5).A higher degree AV block in AFib will produce a junctional rhythm which can produce a regularized R-R pattern leading to a regular AFib pattern (figure 4).Mobitz II is highly unlikely to occur as it originates below the AV node.With higher concentrations, Type I AV blocks may progress to a Type II Mobitz I pattern.Digoxin primarily affects the level of the AV node, decreasing conduction there and increasing the refractory period.Biphasic T wave: a prominent U followed by a flattened TĮCG changes in the setting of Digoxin effect (Burns 2021).PVCs is the most common arrythmia (Kashani 2005).Digoxin can cause a large variety of EKG abnormalities (Richter 2009).Digoxin Effect does not imply Digoxin Toxicity.A classic ECG sign in digoxin effect is an ST segment depression in a concave manner (Ma 2001).Shortened Atrial and Ventricular refractory periods leading to ECG morphology.Low K + levels may be secondary to concomitant use of diuretics (Kashani 2005)įigure 2 ECG changes in Digoxin effect (Burns 2021)ĮCG features demonstrating Digoxin Effect.
Visual disturbances: green-yellow visual disturbances.Features are similar to acute intoxication.Cardiac: AV blocks, PVCs, Bradydysrhythmias, ventricular arrythmias.GI: Nausea and vomiting usually in the first 2-4 hours.Digoxin has shown beneficial effects on patients with heart failure with reduced ejected fraction, usually 2 ng/ml.Digoxin was first approved by the FDA in 1954 for the treatment of atrial flutter (Aflutter), atrial fibrillation (Afib) and heart failure (HF).Digoxin is a cardioactive glycoside that was derived from the foxglove plant Digitalis Purpurea.What other tests need to be considered immediately?.If the patient’s bradycardia does not respond to Atropine, what should I do next?.As you jump into resuscitating this patient, you wonder: The cardiac monitor displays a bradycardic irregularly irregular rhythm. The patient ’s medication list includes Metformin, Furosemide, Diltiazem, Digoxin, and baby aspirin. EMS was able to insert a peripheral IV line and provide initial fluid resuscitation. On arrival to the emergency department (ED), the patient is altered with a heart rate of 48 and a blood pressure of 68 over palpation. A 78-year-old woman is brought in by EMS after her husband called 911 for increased confusion associated with intractable vomiting.
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