An analysis of discharge drug prescribing amongst elderly patients with renal impairment

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 873, 1998, Pages 420-422

  Wong, Newton Acs ^a  

^a KadclilTe Infirmary ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug toxicity; Elderly; Renal impairment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFRADINE; CHLORPROPAMIDE; COCODAMOL; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; CODYDRAMOL; COLCHICINE; CREATININE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE PLUS PARACETAMOL; DICLOFENAC; DOMPERIDONE; FENBUFEN; FLURBIPROFEN; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; NABUMETONE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; RANITIDINE; SULFINPYRAZONE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0031872316     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.74.873.420     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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