Correlation between predicted and measured digoxin serum concentrations. 1988

O S Tayeb, and A M Al-Fares, and Y M el-Sayed, and S I Islam
Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Measurement of digoxin serum concentration can be useful as a direct guide to the dose appropriate to individual patients. Therefore, we have attempted to predict digoxin serum concentration in 62 patients with a wide range of body weight, age and renal function, using creatinine clearance and individual digoxin dose. Creatinine clearance in each patient was determined by the Cockroft and Gault method (1). Digoxin clearance was determined by Scheiner's method (2). Once digoxin clearance was determined, the predicted steady-state serum concentration was calculated using general pharmacokinetic principles. Each patient was on digoxin therapy for at least 1 month. Digoxin serum concentration was measured by the newly developed fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA). A linear regression analysis was performed on the data from the predicted and measured serum level which yielded a slope of 0.9463, intercept of 0.0950 and a correlation coefficient (r) of 0.9600. The method was found to be very useful to predict digoxin serum levels in overdosed and underdosed patients.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D003404 Creatinine Creatinine Sulfate Salt,Krebiozen,Salt, Creatinine Sulfate,Sulfate Salt, Creatinine
D004077 Digoxin A cardiotonic glycoside obtained mainly from Digitalis lanata; it consists of three sugars and the aglycone DIGOXIGENIN. Digoxin has positive inotropic and negative chronotropic activity. It is used to control ventricular rate in ATRIAL FIBRILLATION and in the management of congestive heart failure with atrial fibrillation. Its use in congestive heart failure and sinus rhythm is less certain. The margin between toxic and therapeutic doses is small. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p666) Digacin,Digitek,Digoregen,Digoxina Boehringer,Digoxine Nativelle,Dilanacin,Hemigoxine Nativelle,Lanacordin,Lanicor,Lanoxicaps,Lanoxin,Lanoxin-PG,Lenoxin,Mapluxin,Boehringer, Digoxina,Lanoxin PG,Nativelle, Digoxine,Nativelle, Hemigoxine
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000369 Aged, 80 and over Persons 80 years of age and older. Oldest Old

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