Prescription Patterns in Dialysis Patients: Differences Between Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Patients and Opportunities for Deprescription

Background: Patients treated with maintenance dialysis are at high risk of polypharmacy given their many comorbidities as well as complications from their disease state and treatment. The prescribing patterns and burden of polypharmacy in patients treated with maintenance dialysis, and specifically...

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Main Authors: Judith G. Marin, Laura Beresford, Clifford Lo, Alexander Pai, Gabriela Espino-Hernandez, Monica Beaulieu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-04-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2054358120912652