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| Predicate | Object |
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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
3
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1988-1-11
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Digitalis toxicity is common and has been associated with ventricular dysrhythmias. Digoxin levels in patients who suffer prehospital sudden death have never been studied. This study measured digoxin levels in a population of sudden-death patients. During the 15-week study period, 252 patients in cardiac arrest were seen by an urban paramedic system. During daytime hours, paramedics were requested to obtain a blood sample from sudden-death patients; the samples were subsequently analyzed for digoxin by means of radioimmunoassay. Thirty-nine patients had measured digoxin levels drawn; 28 (71.8%) were in the therapeutic range (0.5-2.1 ng/mL), and four (10.2%) were in the toxic range (greater than 2.1 ng/mL). The patients with toxic dogoxin levels and those with nontoxic levels had similar resuscitation rates (50.0% vs. 34.3%, P = NS), but none were found in ventricular fibrillation. Emergency medical services personnel should consider digoxin toxicity as a potential etiology of arrest.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Mar
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| pubmed:issn |
0091-2700
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
27
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
184-6
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1987
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Digoxin levels in prehospital sudden-death syndrome.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Trauma and Emergency Medicine, Milwaukee.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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