Dosage adjustment in medical patients with renal impairment at Groote Schuur Hospital

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 304-306

  Decloedt, Eric ^a   Leisegang, Rory ^a   Blockman, Marc ^a   Cohen, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ATENOLOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIGOXIN; ETHAMBUTOL; GLICLAZIDE;

ADULT; AGED; DOSE CALCULATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77952479646     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.3955     Document Type: Review

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