You have a student nurse working with you, and the student asks why the first ordered dose is high.
What would be a possible explanation for this?
When digoxin is initiated in a term infant, a "digitalizing" or loading dose is ordered until serum
digoxin level is in the therapeutic range (0.8 to 2 mcg/L). For a term infant, the dose is 30 mcg/kg/
day. Because J.T. weighs 4 kg, this is a safe digitalizing dose for J.T.: 4.0 kg × 30 mcg = 120 mcg/2 = 60
mcg. After that, the medication is administered at a maintenance dose bid to maintain blood levels.
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