A laboratory test that should be routinely monitored in patients receiving digitalis therapy is

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Digitalis slows the heart rate through parasympathetic system activation and promotes sodium and water excretion through improved cardiac output to the kidney.Depletion of serum potassium (hypokalemia)may potentiate digitalis toxicity.Sodium and water excretion is activated through the parasympathetic system because of improved cardiac output to the kidneys.Albumin level is not affected by digitalis.Digitalis allows more calcium to remain in the cell through a slowing of the sodium-dependent calcium pump.

A Laboratory Test That Should Be Routinely Monitored in Patients