Adherence with Dosing Guideline in Patients with Impaired Renal Function at Hospital Discharge.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the prevalence, determinants, and potential clinical relevance of adherence with the Dutch dosing guideline in patients with impaired renal function at hospital discharge.

Design

Retrospective cohort study between January 2007 and July 2011.

Setting

Academic teaching hospital in the Netherlands.

Subjects

Patients with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) between 10-50 ml/min/1.73 m(2) at discharge and prescribed one or more medicines of which the dose is renal function dependent.

Main outcome measures

The prevalence of adherence with the Dutch renal dosing guideline was investigated, and the influence of possible determinants, such as reporting the eGFR and severity of renal impairment (severe: eGFR<30 and moderate: eGFR

SUBMITTER: Drenth-van Maanen AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4459981 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature