Evaluation of medication use in Malaysian predialysis patients

Autor: Muhammad Salman, Amer Hayat Khan, Azreen Syazril Adnan, Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, Naureen Shehzadi, Nauman Asif, Khalid Hussain, Fahad Saleem, Muhammed Hussnain Raza, Muhammad Shahid Farooq
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, Vol 28, Iss 3, Pp 517-523 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1319-2442
DOI: 10.4103/1319-2442.206451
Popis: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients suffer from multiple comorbidities and complications as a cause or consequence of kidney disease. Information regarding medication- prescribing patterns in predialysis patients is sparse. We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the medication prescription patterns among predialysis patients. Medical records (both paper based and computerized) of patients at CKD Resource Centre, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, were reviewed. A total of 615 eligible cases were included in the study. The mean number of medications prescribed per patient was 8.22 ± 2.81, and medication use was correlated to the renal function (stage 3a < stage 3b < stage 4 < stage 5; P
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