DIGITALIS INTOXICATION: A CLINICAL REPORT OF 148 CASES
- 1 April 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 50 (4) , 869-878
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-50-4-869
Abstract
Digitalis intoxication occurs with all types of digitalis glycosides in any dosage range. Cardiac arrhythmias, anorexia and nausea are the most common findings; increase in severity of failure, vomiting, diarrhea, visual disturbances, neurological changes and gynecomastia are also seen. Digitalis intoxication is emphasized as a cause of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardias and of increased cardiac failure. Cases of bidirectional ventricular tachycardia and of ventricular fibrillation due to digitalis are presented and six deaths from digitalis intoxication are analyzed.Keywords
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