Journal article
Dosing Errors in Prescribed Antibiotics for Older Persons With CKD: A Retrospective Time Series Analysis
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Prescribing excessive doses of oral antibiotics is common in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and in this population is implicated in more than one-third of preventable adverse drug events. To improve the care of patients with CKD, many ambulatory laboratories now report estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). We sought to describe the rate of ambulatory antibiotic dosing errors in CKD and examine the impact of eGFR reporting on …
Authors
Farag A; Garg AX; Li L; Jain AK
Journal
American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Vol. 63, No. 3, pp. 422–428
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
3 2014
DOI
10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.09.009
ISSN
0272-6386