Factors associated with potentially inappropriate prescribing in elderly patients with various degrees of chronic kidney disease.

Gorana G Nedin RankovicAna V PejcicDane A KrtinicDragana S StokanovicHristina S TrajkovicHristina M JovanovicIva I BinicSlobodan M Jankovic

Published in: Hemodialysis international. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis (2024)

Our study showed that potentially inappropriate prescribing is a relatively frequent phenomenon present in about a third of patients in both study groups. The number of prescribed drugs was the main factor associated with the increased risk of potentially inappropriate prescribing in both groups.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
primary care
peritoneal dialysis
newly diagnosed
emergency department