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Changes in renal functions in older age and adjustments of drug dosing in seniors
Sidorenko, Daria ; Fialová, Daniela (advisor) ; Pokladníková, Jitka (referee)
Institution/department: Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy Title of diploma thesis: Changes in renal functions in older age and adjustments of drug dosing in seniors Thesis supervisor: doc. PharmDr. Daniela Fialová, Ph.D. Thesis consultant: PharmDr. Eliška Dvořáčková, Ph.D. Author: Daria Sidorenko Introduction: Aging of the population is a natural process, when older age is often accompanied by a physiological or pathological decrease in renal functions. It is reported that at the age of 85 years and older, up to 50% of patients have a significant decrease in renal functioning, which requires adjustment of the dosage of drugs. Thus, the correct choice of drug regimen and dose adjustment of drugs in decreased renal functions is important especially in older age, when at the same time there is a more frequent occurrence of severe drug reactions caused also by other pharmacological changes and other risk factors. The aim of the thesis was to determine which drugs with the need for dose adjustment are most often prescribed in the Czech sample of patients of the EuroAgeism H2020 project, whether the dosage regimens for these drugs are correctly determined with respect to renal functions, and in which cases the most common drug errors...
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