| アブストラクト | OBJECTIVES: To examine adherence to serum creatinine and potassium monitoring and discontinuation guidelines following initiation of treatment with ACE inhibitors (ACEI) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs); and whether high-risk patients are monitored. DESIGN: A general practice-based cohort study using electronic health records from the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink and Hospital Episode Statistics. SETTING: UK primary care, 2004-2014. SUBJECTS: 223 814 new ACEI/ARB users. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Proportion of patients with renal function monitoring before and after ACEI/ARB initiation; creatinine increase >/=30% or potassium levels >6 mmol/L at first follow-up monitoring; and treatment discontinuation after such changes. Using logistic regression models, we also examined patient characteristics associated with these biochemical changes, and with follow-up monitoring within the guideline recommendation of 2 weeks after treatment initiation. RESULTS: 10% of patients had neither baseline nor follow-up monitoring of creatinine within 12 months before and 2 months after initiation of an ACEI/ARB, 28% had monitoring only at baseline, 15% only at follow-up, and 47% both at baseline and follow-up. The median period between the most recent baseline monitoring and drug initiation was 40 days (IQR 12-125 days). 34% of patients had baseline creatinine monitoring within 1 month before initiating therapy, but <10% also had the guideline-recommended follow-up test recorded within 2 weeks. Among patients experiencing a creatinine increase >/=30% (n=567, 1.2%) or potassium level >6 mmol/L (n=191, 0.4%), 80% continued treatment. Although patients with prior myocardial infarction, hypertension or baseline potassium >5 mmol/L were at high risk of >/=30% increase in creatinine after ACEI/ARB initiation, there was no evidence that they were more frequently monitored. CONCLUSIONS: Only one-tenth of patients initiating ACEI/ARB therapy receive the guideline-recommended creatinine monitoring. Moreover, the vast majority of the patients fulfilling postinitiation discontinuation criteria for creatinine and potassium increases continue on treatment. |
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| ジャーナル名 | BMJ open |
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| 投稿日 | 2017/1/11 |
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| 投稿者 | Schmidt, Morten; Mansfield, Kathryn E; Bhaskaran, Krishnan; Nitsch, Dorothea; Sorensen, Henrik Toft; Smeeth, Liam; Tomlinson, Laurie A |
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| 組織名 | Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and;Tropical Medicine, London, UK.;Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.;Department of Internal Medicine, Regional Hospital of Randers, Denmark. |
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| Pubmed リンク | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28069618/ |
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