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- Title
Supervised Withdrawal of Long-Term Digoxin Therapy.
- Authors
FAIR, JAMES F
- Abstract
Fair JF. Supervised withdrawal of long-term digoxin therapy. 1990; 7: 56–59. All 32 patients treated with digoxin for over three months in one practice population had treatment with drawn under supervision to assess its continued requirement. In 18 instances (56%) digoxin proved necessary and was restarted to correct clinical deterioration, while in 14 instances (44%) it was successfully discontinued. Successful withdrawal was more frequently achieved in those with sinus rhythm (91% of 14 patients) than in atrial fibrillation (19% of 21 patients). Where digoxin was required dosage increases were necessary to achieve optimum clinical control. Adherence to a strict protocol allows unnecessary therapy to be withdrawn and facilitates improved care where therapy is required, with accompanying savings in costs and time.
- Publication
Family Practice, 1990, Vol 7, Issue 1, p56
- ISSN
0263-2136
- Publication type
Article