Mannitol Prescribing Practices With Cisplatin Before and After an Educational Newsletter Intervention.

ABSTRACT: Background: Mannitol has been used in the past for the prevention of cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity. Studies on its efficacy have conflicting results. An educational newsletter was designed for local oncologists on the conflicting data of mannitol use in preventing cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether a pharmacist-created newsletter intervention led to changes in the mannitol prescribing practices of local oncologists. Methods: A newsletter describing the paucity of evidence to support mannitol use to prevent cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity was distributed via e-mail to local oncologists in October 2010. Mannitol prescribing rates were retrospectively evaluated before and after newsletter distribution. The Man

SUBMITTER: Corbin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5551635 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature