Potassium and phosphorus repletion in hospitalized patients: Implications for clinical practice and the potential use of healthcare information technology to improve prescribing and patient safety

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2449-2455

  Hemstreet, Brian A ^a   Stolpman, Nancy ^b   Badesch, David B ^a   May, Sondra K ^b   McCollum, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare information; Phosphate; Phosphorus; Potassium; Prescribing; Safety

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846015812     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079906X148463     Document Type: Conference Paper

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