Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33625694›Full record

ArticleHigh blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension2021

Awareness and Knowledge Among Internal Medicine House-Staff for Dose Adjustment of Cardiovascular Drugs in Chronic Kidney Disease.

Kyla D'Angelo, Svetlana Paul, Fnu Ranjeeta, Joshua Fogel, Daniel Chikvashvili, Sofia Rubinstein

Open access · hybridAbstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kyla D'AngeloDepartment of Cardiology, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY, USA.
Svetlana PaulDivision of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, 2201 Hempstead Turnpike, Box 49, East Meadow, NY, 11554, USA.
Fnu RanjeetaDivision of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, 2201 Hempstead Turnpike, Box 49, East Meadow, NY, 11554, USA.
Joshua FogelDepartment of Business Management, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Daniel ChikvashviliDepartment of Cardiology, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY, USA.
Sofia RubinsteinDivision of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, 2201 Hempstead Turnpike, Box 49, East Meadow, NY, 11554, USA. srubinst@numc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4805-9736
Nassau University Medical Center · USBrooklyn College · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPatients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are vulnerable to adverse-drug events from cardiovascular drugs.

aimTo evaluate awareness and knowledge for appropriate dose adjustment of cardiovascular drugs in CKD patients among Internal Medicine house-staff (IMHS).

methodsCross-sectional convenience sample survey in Fall 2015 among 341 IMHS from multiple academic institutions in the suburban New York City metropolitan area. Awareness was whether drug dose adjustment was needed. Knowledge was correct GFR level for drug dose adjustment. Multivariate logistic regression was conducted.

resultsWe found overall high percentages and high odds for all cardiovascular drugs for incorrect awareness and knowledge. Postgraduate year (PGY)-1 had greater odds than PGY-3 for Carvedilol (OR: 5.56, 95% CI: 2.19-14.12, p < 0.001) and Digoxin (OR: 3.87, 95% CI: 1.37-10.95, p < 0.05), and lesser odds than PGY3 for Atenolol (OR: 0.31, 95% CI: 0.10-0.91, p < 0.05). Nephrology exposure during medical school rotation, renal clinic, or family history had lesser odds for Carvedilol (OR: 0.45, 95% CI: 0.21-0.97, p < 0.05), Simvastatin (OR: 0.40, 95% CI: 0.16-0.97, p < 0.05), and Hydralazine (OR: 0.31, 95% CI: 0.12-0.81, p < 0.05). Nephrology exposure during residency (OR: 1.96, 95% CI: 1.10-3.50, p < 0.05) and US osteopathic graduates (OR: 2.40, 95% CI: 1.04-5.50, p < 0.05) each had greater odds for Enalapril (OR: 2.40, 95% CI: 1.04-5.50, p < 0.05). International medical graduates had lesser odds than US graduates for Amlodipine (OR: 0.30, 95% CI: 0.11-0.82, p < 0.05).

conclusionsIMHS had overall poor awareness and knowledge for dose adjustment for common cardiovascular drugs in patients with CKD. As the majority of CKD patients are managed by their primary care providers, training programs should ensure that IMHS have adequate education in Nephrology during their residency training.

Indexed as

Glomerular Filtration RateHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeInternal MedicineMedical Staff, HospitalAdultCardiovascular AgentsCardiovascular DiseasesCross-Sectional StudiesDrug Dosage CalculationsFemaleHealth Care SurveysHumansKidneyMaleRenal Insufficiency, ChronicRisk AssessmentCardiovascular AgentsCardiovascular agentsChronic kidney diseaseDrug dosing errorsInternal medicineInternship and residency

Identifiers

PMID33625694
OpenAlexW3132636108

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.