Improvement of drug prescribing in acute kidney injury with a nephrotoxic drug alert system -

Improvement of drug prescribing in acute kidney injury with a nephrotoxic drug alert system
Information type: Other primary research
Source: European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
Specialities: Renal and urologic disorders
Summary
This study evaluated a clinical decision support system (CDSS) with interruptive alerts that inform of the development of acute kidney injury in real time in patients with a nephrotoxic drug prescription.
UKMi comment
In phase I (pre-cohort), patients received 384 nephrotoxic alerts (55%) with 78 (20%) of them provoking a change or discontinuation of the nephrotoxic drug. In phase II (post-cohort) this value increased to 154 out of 526 (29%) after implementation of the CDSS (p<0.01).
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