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Table 4 Assessment of individual risk factors and quality of therapeutic drug monitoring

From: Evaluation of risk factor management of patients treated on an internal nephrology ward: a pilot study

 

No need for intervention

Improvement possible

Disease untreated/

No TDMa

No conclusion possible

 

% (n)

95% CIb

% (n)

95% CIb

% (n)

95% CIb

% (n)

95% CIb

Hypertension

n = 90

17.8 (16)

0.10-0.26

37.8 (34)

0.28-0.48

41.1 (37)

0.31-0.51

3.3 (3)

0.00-0.07

Diabetes mellitus

n = 64

7.8 (5)

0.01-0.14

42.2 (27)

0.30-0.54

48.4 (31)

0.36-0.61

1.6 (1)

0.00-0.05

Hyperlipidemia

n = 66

9.1 (6)

0.02-0.16

42.4 (28)

0.31-0.54

45.5 (30)

0.33-0.57

3.0 (2)

0.00-0.07

TDMa

n = 44

29.6 (13)

0.17-0.45

34.1 (15)

0.20-0.50

0.0 (0)

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36.4 (16)

0.22-0.52

  1. For explanations of assessment categories see table 2.
  2. a TDM = therapeutic drug monitoring
  3. b CI = confidence interval