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Table 5 Prescriptions adapted to renal function

From: The appropriateness of antimicrobial use in the outpatient clinics of three hospitals in the Netherlands

 

Hospital

 

AMC

OLVG W

SLZ

Total

Nr. of prescriptions to be adjusted to renal function

63

41

34

138

Nr. adjusted

12

1

13

Nr. not adjusted

51

40

34

125

Antimicrobial agents not adjusted (% of totala)

 Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (n = 102)

22

22

20

64 (62.7)

 Cotrimoxazole (n = 50)

4

1

0

5 (10)

 Macrolides (n = 85)

3

4

1

8 (9.4)

 Fluoroquinolones (n = 85)

12

9

5

26 (30.6)

 Nitrofurantoin (n = 30)

4

2

4

10 (33.3)

 Triazoles (n = 85)

1

1

1

3 (8.6)

 Nucleosides/nucleotides (n = 54)

5

1

2

8 (9.3)

 Other (n = 65)

1

1 (1.5)

  1. an = total number of prescriptions for that agent, regardless of renal function