Medications are among the many factors that cause acute kidney injury (AKI) in the hospital, but drug-related AKI could be mitigated if clinicians recognize the problem, according to two experts who spoke at the MAD-ID 2018 Making a Difference in Infectious Diseases.
One hospital pharmacy employed an intervention for at-risk patients dubbed Nephrotoxic Injury Negated by Just-in-time Action (NINJA) to ensure clinicians are considering the risk of any nephrotoxic medication