Best result of digoxin dosing in the aged by taking into account that both the elimination as well as the volume of distribution of the drug decrease when the kidney function deteriores;Mejor resultado del ajuste de la dosis de digoxina en ancianos si se tiene en cuenta que tanto la eliminación como el volumen de distribucion del fármaco disminuyen cuando se reduce la función renal

Anales de Medicina Interna

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 331-335

  Cuena Boy, R C ^a,c   Ortiz De Apodaca Ruiz, M A ^a   Macia Martinez M A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^b Castilla La Mancha Regional Health Authority   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Digoxin; Drug monitoring; Drug therapy

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DIGOXIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISTRIBUTION VOLUME; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; DIGOXIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE;

EID: 0036330220     PISSN: 02127199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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