Digoxin

What is Digoxin's trade name?

• Digibind

• Laboxin

• Lanoxin

• Lapoxin

What is the therapeutic class?

• Drug for heart failure

• Drug for hypertension

• Drug for hypotension

• Anticoagulant

What about the pharmacologic class?

• ACE inhibitor

• Cardiac glycoside

• ARB

• beta blocker

Digoxin's onset is ____ minutes intravenously.

You have an order to administer Digoxin to your patient. Upon entering the room, you assess the apical pulse is 57. Do you give it?

• Yes

• Call rapid response instead

• Give fluids , then administer the drug

• No

What is the primary action of Digoxin?

• Increase contractility of myocadium

• Decrease contractility of myocardium

• Decreases aldosterone secretion

• Increase aldosterone secretion

Which two situations contraindicate the use of Digoxin?

• Patients with heart failure

• Patients with ventricular fibrillation

• Patients with nocturia

• Patients with digoxin sensitivity

The onset by mouth is 30-60 minutes.

• True

• False

Digoxin can be safely given to a pregnant woman.

• True

• False

Manifestations of digoxin toxicity include... (select all that apply...sorry)

• Increased urine output

• Yellow vision

• Irregular pulse

• Heart rate of 64 beats per minute

• Nausea