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The First 24 Hours of Hospital Admission: Early Opportunity for Pharmacotherapy Optimization in Elderly Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Key takeaways

This study looked at the first 24 hours after older adults with chronic kidney disease are admitted to hospital. That window is a chance to fix drug doses, since many common medicines need smaller doses when kidneys are weak. The authors describe how often changes were needed and made. It observes what happened in real patients, so it points to an opportunity, not proof that acting early improves survival, and the posted record gives no patient numbers.

Who did this work

Ana Mulej (University of Rijeka) · Ivana Marinović (University of Zagreb) · Iva Matković (University Hospital Dubrava) · Vesna Bačić Vrca (University of Zagreb) · Luka Torić (University Hospital Dubrava) · Dino Kasumović (University Hospital Dubrava) · Matija Crnogorac (University Hospital Dubrava) · Ivica Horvatić (University of Zagreb) · Ivana Samardžić (University of Zagreb)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-09-04
https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy14060130