Effect of alerts for drug dosage adjustment in inpatients with renal insufficiency.

Elodie Sellier; Isabelle Colombet; Brigitte Sabatier; Gaelle Breton; Julie Nies; Eric Zapletal; Jean-Benoit Arlet; Dominique Somme; Pierre Durieux

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Effect of alerts for drug dosage adjustment in inpatients with renal insufficiency.

March 11, 2009

Sellier E, Colombet I, Sabatier B, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16(2):203-10.

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