POISONING BY DIGITALIS.

Two Cases of Digitalis Poisoning.

[Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia due to digitalis poisoning].

Digitalis intoxication is a frequent outcome of chronic treatment with digitalis glycosides but uncommon following accidental intake or self-poisoning.1 Ventricular arrhythmias are an expression of this complication and can usually be controlled thru conventional means including suspension of the drug. However, in the presence of potentially lethal arrhythmias and kidney failure difficult decis...

Digitalis poisoning in a case of hyperthyroidism.

the pericardial cavity completely. The cutoff indicated basal penicardial adhesions in addition to effusion;4 angulation of the penicardial sac also indicated further pericardial scarring, and the reduced capacity of the pericardial cavity suggested the presence of constriction.1 Moreover, the presence of basal adhesions was misleading etiologically because they have been considered characteris...

Digitalis intoxication induced by an acute accidental poisoning by lily of the valley.

An 87-year-old woman suffering from advanced dementia was admitted on May 1, 2010, for an accidental ingestion of 2 sprigs of lily of the valley offered to her by her family. She arrived 2 hours after ingestion to the emergency department with digestive disorders (nausea and an episode of vomiting). An initial clinical examination found a blood pressure of 155/85 mm Hg, a heart rate of 45 bpm, ...

Accidental digitalis poisoning due to drinking herbal tea.

It is well recognised that angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors may cause a profound drop in blood pressure when given to hypertensive patients, especially if the patients are receiving diuretic treatment or are salt depleted.' Profound hypotension may also occur in some patients with congestive heart failure.2 We used only a modest dose of background thiazide diuretic in our study; many hy...