Medication Use of Patients in Hemodialysis Patients
A special issue of Pharmacy (ISSN 2226-4787).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 3724
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polypharmacy refers to the use of multiple concurrent medications, typically five or more per day. Consequences of polypharmacy can be numerous and drastic. These include adverse drug reactions, drug–drug interactions, non-adherence, increased risk of cognitive impairment, impaired balance, and falls; and finally, an increased risk of morbidity, hospitalization, and mortality by greater than 45%.2-Patients on hemodialysis (HD) have the highest pill burden of all chronically ill patient populations, taking on average 12 + 5 distinct medications per day.
We invite you to share your approaches and successes in understanding and improving medication use in patients on hemodialysis. We hope this Special Issue will inspire other clinicians to share their own practices, adopt new approaches, and innovate to help patients on hemodialysis manage their medications.
Prof. Dr. Marisa Battistella
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- medication use
- medication optimization
- deprescribing
- chronic kidney disease
- hemodialysis
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