Open AccessAntimicrobial Dosing Error in Intermittent & Continuous Hemodialysis
Author(s) -
Saja M alhabardi,
Maha Almoliki,
Albatoul Almeshari,
Maha Alammari
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the gazette of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2692-4374
DOI - 10.46766/thegms.intmed.21051603
Subject(s) - dosing , antibiotics , medicine , hemodialysis , pharmacodynamics , pharmacokinetics , intensive care medicine , antimicrobial , epidemiology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Antibiotic drugs are the most frequently prescribed medications among hospitalized patients for life-saving purposes, mainly in immunocompromised patient, like in patient with end stage renal disease on hemodialysis (HD) or those who had documented bacterial infection. Antibiotics disposition and their pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics properties are affected in hemodialysis patient which increases the number of antibiotics dosing errors. Several epidemiological studies found that the majority of medication error related to antibiotics occurred during the prescribing phase (30.8%). However, there is missing data about the prevalence of errors in antibiotics dosing in HD patients.