Medication burden and inappropriate prescription risk among elderly with advanced chronic kidney disease

Autor: Clarisse Roux-Marson, Jean Baptiste Baranski, Coraline Fafin, Guillaume Exterman, Cecile Vigneau, Cecile Couchoud, Olivier Moranne, P. S. P. A. Investigators
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: BMC Geriatrics, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2318
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-020-1485-4
Popis: Abstract Background Elderly patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) frequently present comorbidities that put them at risk of polypharmacy and medication-related problems. This study aims to describe the overall medication profile of patients aged ≥75 years with advanced CKD from a multicenter French study and specifically the renally (RIMs) and potentially inappropriate-for-the-elderly medications (PIMs) that they take. Methods This is a cross-sectional analysis of medication profiles of individuals aged ≥75 years with eGFR
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