A patient states that he is seeing halos around lights. The patient takes digoxin (Lanoxin) by mouth every day. The physician orders the patient to have serum digoxin level drawn
At what digoxin level would the care team first suspect that the patient is experiencing toxicity? A) 0.5 ng/mL
B) 1.5 ng/mL
C) 3.0 ng/mL
D) 6.0 ng/mL
C
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The therapeutic serum digoxin level is 0.8 to 2.0 ng/mL.
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