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Revista de la OFIL
On-line version ISSN 1699-714XPrint version ISSN 1131-9429
Abstract
DE AGUSTIN SIERRA, L et al. Dosage adjustment recommendations of drugs in non-nephrology units with kidney disease. Rev. OFIL·ILAPHAR [online]. 2021, vol.31, n.3, pp.297-301. Epub May 30, 2022. ISSN 1699-714X. https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/s1699-714x2021000300008.
Purpose:
Kidney disease (KD) is defined as an abnormality of the kidney in the structure or function with implications for the health, which can occur abruptly, and either resolve or become chronic. This status use to require medication dosage adjustment. Inappropriate prescribing is a common drug-related problem. The aim of this study is to evaluate the acceptance rate through pharmaceutical interventions with implementation of a daily cross-validation procedure in electronic prescription in patients with KD, susceptible to suffer a drug-related problem (DRP).
Methods:
A nine month-prospective study, in renal insufficiency inpatients (serum creatinine >1.7 mg/dl) treated with drugs that require dosage adjustment.
Results:
539 patients with renal failure were identified, 135 of them needed any adjust in their prescription. We performed 179 dosage recommendations, 104 of which were accepted. Most of the recommendations were done in patients with G4 renal damage. Dose modification was the adjustment most widely required. 25 active ingredients were analyzed and the drugs with higher number of interventions were spironolactone, ranitidine, meropenem and allopurinol. General Internal Medicine was the unit with most interventions and acceptance rate.
Conclusions:
Pharmaceutical intervention stands out as a strategy to improve the population's pharmacotherapeutic quality taking into account the integration of assisted electronic prescription systems to facilitate a fast and immediate intervention in decision-making in these situations.
Keywords : Pharmaceutical recommendations; kidney disease; dose adjustment; pharmacist intervention; clinical pharmacy.