Appropriate dosing in patients with impaired renal function on medical wards before and after an educational intervention

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-35

  Baum, S ^a   Harder, S ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dose adjustment; Pharmacoepidemiology; Renal impairment

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLIMEPIRIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; METFORMIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; RAMIPRIL; RANITIDINE; TORASEMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; PRESCRIPTION; ULCER; WARD;

EID: 73649115251     PISSN: 09461965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CPP48029     Document Type: Article

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