Reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate: Effect on physician recognition of chronic kidney disease and prescribing practices for elderly hospitalized patients

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 74-78

  Quartarolo, Jennifer M ^a   Thoelke, Mark ^b   Schafers, Stephen J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Drug safety; Geriatric patient; Medical errors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CREATININE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION ERROR; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CREATININE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34248392295     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.172     Document Type: Article

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