Abstract
Guidelines for cardiovascular drug therapy recommend monitoring serum digoxin concentration (SDC) in patients receiving digoxin treatment, especially those with renal dysfunction and hypokalemia. However, only a few studies have reported the prevalence of SDC monitoring and laboratory testing in clinical practice. Therefore, the aim of this study was to describe the frequency of SDC monitoring and laboratory testing in digoxin users and to assess the association between SDC monitoring and patient characteristics. We used the Japanese insurance claims data covering approximately 1.7 million patients aged 20-74 years between January 1, 2005 and March 31, 2014. All patients who had at least one prescription for digoxin were included. The frequency of SDC and laboratory tests was calculated and the association between patient characteristics and SDC monitoring was assessed using logistic regression analysis. A total of 98867 prescriptions of digoxin were issued to 3458 patients between 2005 and 2014. The annual mean frequencies of monitoring SDC, serum potassium level and serum creatinine level and of recording electrocardiograms was 16.8, 34.8, 38.7, and 24.1%, respectively. Atrial fibrillation, chronic heart failure, renal diseas...Continue Reading
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