Development of an adverse drug reaction risk assessment score among hospitalized patients with chronic kidney disease.

BACKGROUND: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) represent a major burden on the healthcare system. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients are particularly vulnerable to ADRs because they are usually on multiple drug regimens, have multiple comorbidities, and because of alteration in their pharmacokinetics...

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Main Authors: Fatemeh Saheb Sharif-Askari, Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, Narjes Saheb Sharif-Askari, Ali Al Sayed Hussain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3995995?pdf=render