<![CDATA[Patients with chronic kidney failure generally have comorbidities that cause the treatment of chronic kidney failure to be complex so that the number of drugs received by patients increases. The number of drugs consumed by the patient will increase the potential for drug interactions. The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics, treatment patterns and potential drug interactions of patients with chronic kidney failure at Samarinda Medika Citra Hospital. The research method used is a non-experimental (observational) descriptive study with a retrospective approach. Data collection was carried out based on the medical record sheet of Chronic Kidney Failure patients in the inpatient room at Samarinda Medika Citra Hospital and obtained 59 patients. The results of the study of characteristic data based on age with the highest percentage in the elderly as much as 52.54%, based on gender, the highest percentage of sex was in the male sex, namely 50.85% and female as much as 49.15%. The most common comorbidities was anemia 50.84%. The most use of drug class is combination of 4 therapies with Antihypertensive + Supplement, Vitamin, Mineral + Antiulcer + Antiemetic group as much as 79.66%. The most common potential drug interactions found was the interaction of ranitidine with calos as much as 35.59% with minor severity.]]>
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