Reducing preventable medication safety events by recognizing renal risk.
Fields W, Tedeschi C, Foltz J, et al. Reducing preventable medication safety events by recognizing renal risk. Clin Nurse Spec. 2008;22(2):73-8; quiz 79-80. doi:10.1097/01.NUR.0000311795.69476.2f.
This study suggests that routine assessment of kidney function can reduce the risk of medication-related adverse events resulting from prescribing errors in patients with impaired creatinine clearance levels.