Automated dose checking and intervention for bariatric patients.
According to a recent Center for Disease Control survey, 33% of the US population is obese. Because labeled dosing guidelines are based upon non-obese individuals, under dosing of antibiotics may be problematic in this population. We developed an automated dose checking tool to efficiently detect potentially inappropriate dosing of antibiotics in bariatric (morbidly obese patients).
Huang
Yan
Y
BJC HealthCare, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Reichley
Richard M
RM
Noirot
Laura A
LA
Dunagan
Wm Claiborne
WC
Bailey
Thomas C
TC
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D054796:Drug Dosage Calculations; D004360:Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid; D017010:Reminder Systems
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents