Assessment of digoxin antibody use in patients with elevated serum digoxin following chronic or acute exposure

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1448-1453

  Lapostolle, Frédéric ^a,b   Borron, Stephen W ^c   Verdier, Carine ^a   Arnaud, Fabrice ^d   Couvreur, James ^e   Mégarbane, Bruno ^b   Baud, Frédéric ^b   Adnet, Frédéric ^a  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Antidote; Digitalis; Digitalis antibodies; Immuno toxicotherapy; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DIGITALIS; DIGOXIN ANTIBODY F(AB) FRAGMENT; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDOTES; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DIGOXIN; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; OVERDOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 48149100947     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1092-x     Document Type: Article

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