[Relationship of Prescribed Drugs with the Risk of Fall in Inpatients].

Falls are common in elderly patients and are often serious. Several drugs have been associated with an increased risk of fall. Older adults often take multiple drugs for chronic diseases, and thus may be at increased risk from drugs associated with fall.

Comparison of predictive accuracy of teicoplanin concentration using creatinine clearance and glomerular filtration rate estimated by serum creatinine or cystatin C.

We compared the predictive accuracy of TEIC concentrations (TEIC_conc) calculated using either serum cystatin C (CysC) or serum creatinine (SCr) and the population mean method using the mean population parameter of TEIC_conc for Japan. We also compared the predicted TEIC_conc to measured TEIC_conc. Creatinine clearance (CLCr) predicted using the Cockcroft-Gault (C&G) equation with SCr was 45.