Use of clinical decision support systems for kidney-related drug prescribing: A systematic review

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 903-914

  Tawadrous, Davy ^a,b   Shariff, Salimah Z ^b   Haynes, R Brian ^c   Iansavichus, Arthur V ^b   Jain, Arsh K ^b   Garg, Amit X ^b,c,d  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support systems; drug prescribing; kidney

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; GENTAMICIN; RANITIDINE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COST CONTROL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 81755174319     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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