Help Manage Dose Adjustments in Liver Disease
April 2021
Be ready with strategies to adjust med doses in patients with liver impairment...since med labels often lack clear recommendations.
Most meds don't need dose adjustments until liver function is at least 90% impaired...such as in patients with decompensated cirrhosis who have jaundice or variceal bleeding.
But it's harder to quantify liver impairment than kidney impairment.
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