Question

A child being treated with cardiac drugs developed vomiting, bradycardia, anorexia, and dysrhythmias. Which drug toxicity is responsible for these symptoms?

1. Digoxin
2. Nesiritide
3. Dobutamine
4. Spironolactone

Answer 1

Answer:(1). Digoxin

Step-by-step explanation:

Digoxin is a drug that is administer to patients so as to

help in the improvement in the pumping efficacy of the heart.

The overdose of the drug Digoxin causes toxicity leading to nausea, vomiting, bradycardia, anorexia, and dysrhythmias.

For the drug Nesiritide, its side effects include effects like headache, insomnia, and hypotension.

For the drug dobutamine, dobutamine does not cause nausea or vomiting but may cause hypertension and hypotension.

And finally, the drug Sprironolactone, Spironolactone may cause edema.