Question 88 Which concern when caring for a client prescribed furosemide 40 mg every day in conjunction with digoxin would prompt the nurse to ask the health care provider about potassium supplements? Digoxin causes significant potassium depletion. The liver destroys potassium as digoxin is detoxified. Lasix requires adequate serum potassium to promote diuresis. Digoxin toxicity occurs rapidly in the presence of hypokalemia.
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