Patient Safety Issues in CKD: Core Curriculum 2015 Lee-Ann Wagner, MD, Asha L. Tata, PharmD, BCPS, Jeffrey C. Fink, MD, MS American Journal of Kidney Diseases Volume 66, Issue 1, Pages 159-169 (July 2015) DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.02.343 Copyright © 2015 National Kidney Foundation, Inc. Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Analgesic approach in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Caution should be exercised in administering analgesics to patients with reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Darker areas indicate situations in which increased caution should be used (eg, when administering methadone or fentanyl to a patient with advanced CKD). American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2015 66, 159-169DOI: (10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.02.343) Copyright © 2015 National Kidney Foundation, Inc. Terms and Conditions