Polypharmacy and comorbidity in heart failure

[...]in patients with renal insufficiency drug dosages need to be adjusted appropriately for the estimated glomerular filtration rate, with the appreciation that serum creatinine may provide an overly optimistic estimate of renal function, particularly in women and elderly people. 9 While the releva...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ 2003-09, Vol.327 (7414), p.513-514
Hauptverfasser: Masoudi, Frederick A, Krumholz, Harlan M
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:[...]in patients with renal insufficiency drug dosages need to be adjusted appropriately for the estimated glomerular filtration rate, with the appreciation that serum creatinine may provide an overly optimistic estimate of renal function, particularly in women and elderly people. 9 While the relevance of polypharmacy and comorbidity to the care for patients with heart failure has been noted before, 10 more must be done to address these rapidly mounting challenges.
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.327.7414.513