heart failure

Question 1

• use: HF
• IM, IV (pushed slowly over 5min), PO
• hold HR <60
• AE: dysrhythmias, n/v, wt loss, vision changed (yellow-green halos), altered color perception
• CI heart block, vtach, vfib, potassium, magnesium, or calcium deficiency

Answer 1

digoxin

Question 2

therapeutic range digoxin

Answer 2

0.8-2ng/mL

Question 3

digoxin is a

Answer 3

cardiac glycoside