The prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication prescribing in elderly patients with chronic kidney disease

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 1051, 2013, Pages 247-250

  Jones, Sarah Amy ^a   Bhandari, Sunil ^b  

^a YORK TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CODEINE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; TRAMADOL; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84876432135     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-130889     Document Type: Article

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