Medication errors in chronic kidney disease: One piece in the patient safety puzzle

Kidney International

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1123-1125

  Fink, Jeffrey C ^a   Chertow, Glenn M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ANEMIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG METABOLISM; EDEMA; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICATION ERROR; MORTALITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TRANSFUSION;

EID: 72949110812     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.315     Document Type: Note

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