Case report: Adverse drug reactions in unrecognized kidney failure

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 50, Issue OCT., 2004, Pages 1385-1387

  Farrell, Barbara ^a   Pottie, Kevin ^b   Hogg, William ^b  

^a BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CREATININE; DIGOXIN; FOSINOPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOHEPTONIC ACID; GLUCOSE; LOPERAMIDE; MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; METFORMIN; NITROFURANTOIN; POTASSIUM; SOTALOL; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; INCONTINENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHARMACIST; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK REDUCTION; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CANADA; CREATININE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACISTS;

EID: 6444243288     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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