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Case 54: - Renal Impairment

from Part 1: - Vignettes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2025

Howard CH Khoe
Affiliation:
National Psychiatry Residency Programme, Singapore
Cheryl WL Chang
Affiliation:
National University Hospital, Singapore
Cyrus SH Ho
Affiliation:
National University Hospital, Singapore
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Chapter 54 covers the topic of renal impairment. Through a short answer question format with topical MCQs for consolidation of learning, readers are brought through the management of psychiatric disorders in patients with renal impairment as a medical co-morbidity. Topics covered include the general principles of prescribing in patients with renal impairment, use of antipsychotics in renal impairment, use of antidepressants in renal impairment, use of mood stabilisers in renal impairment, use of sedatives in renal impairments, how haemodialysis affects the clearance of some psychotropics.

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Practise Psychiatry
A Guide Through Vignettes and MCQs
, pp. 446 - 453
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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  • Renal Impairment
  • Howard CH Khoe, National Psychiatry Residency Programme, Singapore, Cheryl WL Chang, National University Hospital, Singapore, Cyrus SH Ho, National University Hospital, Singapore
  • Book: Practise Psychiatry
  • Online publication: 04 September 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009458634.054
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  • Renal Impairment
  • Howard CH Khoe, National Psychiatry Residency Programme, Singapore, Cheryl WL Chang, National University Hospital, Singapore, Cyrus SH Ho, National University Hospital, Singapore
  • Book: Practise Psychiatry
  • Online publication: 04 September 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009458634.054
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  • Renal Impairment
  • Howard CH Khoe, National Psychiatry Residency Programme, Singapore, Cheryl WL Chang, National University Hospital, Singapore, Cyrus SH Ho, National University Hospital, Singapore
  • Book: Practise Psychiatry
  • Online publication: 04 September 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009458634.054
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