Assessing resident's prescribing behavior in renal impairment

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-240

  Salomon, Laurence ^a   Levu, S ^a   Deray, G ^a   Launay Vacher, V ^a   Brucker G ^a   Ravaud, P ^b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Dosage adjustment; Renal impairment; Residents prescribing vignettes

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE BESYLATE; DICLOFENAC; ENALAPRIL MALEATE; GENTAMICIN; AMLODIPINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DICLOFENAC; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENALAPRIL; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037636540     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzg034     Document Type: Article

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