Abstract

ARRABAL-DURAN, Paula et al. Pharmaceutical interventions in prescriptions for patients admitted with chronic renal failure. Nefrología (Madr.) [online]. 2014, vol.34, n.6, pp.710-715. ISSN 1989-2284.  https://dx.doi.org/10.3265/Nefrologia.pre2014.Jul.12541.

Background: Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) is a disease that requires determined medications dosages to be adjusted. Objectives: To assess the characteristics of pharmaceutical interventions concerning the dose adjustment of these drugs in patients with CRF who are admitted into hospital. Methods: A 10-month prospective and longitudinal study that calculated the glomerular filtration rate of patients who are brought into the emergency department and had values below 50ml/min/1.73m^2. Subsequently, dosage recommendations were provided for the drugs that had not been adapted to the patient's renal function. Results: The renal functions of 5311 patients were reviewed. One-hundred and eighty-one (3.4%) had a glomerular filtration rate below 50ml/min/1.73m² and were receiving drugs that needed to be adjusted. 221 interventions were recorded. Reductions in dosages were the more frequent results (65.6%); 65.6% of these recommendations were accepted by the doctor. The antimicrobial group had the highest number of interventions (57.5%). Internal Medicine (50.2%) was the unit with the most interventions. Conclusion: CRF patients that are admitted into the emergency department are a key objective concerning dosages in chronic renal failure. Pharmaceutical recommendations are highly esteemed by doctors, given their high acceptance. Revising antimicrobial drugs offers more opportunities.

Keywords : Renal insufficiency; Emergency units; Pharmaceutical care.

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