The use of estimated glomerular filtration rate for dose adjustment of medications in the elderly

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 493-499

  Elinder, Carl Gustaf ^a   Bárány, Peter ^b   Heimbürger, Olof ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; DRUG;

BODY SURFACE; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELDERLY CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; AGED; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; FRAIL ELDERLY; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 84903793632     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40266-014-0187-z     Document Type: Review

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