Use of doripenem and risk of seizure and renal impairment in US hospitalized patients: a retrospective cohort study

Conclusions:
In this large retrospective cohort study of US hospitalized patients, no statistically significant differences in the adjusted relative rates of renal impairment/failure and seizure were observed between doripenem and a propensity score-matched comparator cohort of imipenem IV patients in the treatment of cUTI and cIAI.

Source: Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety - March 7, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Chavers, S., Magee, G., Baumer, D., Pai, H. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research