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Prevalência e características dos eventos adversos a medicamentos no Brasil

Resumo: O presente trabalho tem como objetivo descrever a prevalência e fatores associados a eventos adversos a medicamentos (EAM) referidos por usuários de medicamentos no Brasil. Trata-se de um estudo transversal de base populacional, realizado no período de setembro de 2013 a fevereiro de 2014, com...

Incidents reporting: barriers and strategies to promote safety culture

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 52 (), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective The purpose was to identify the barriers of underreporting, the factors that promote motivation of health professionals to report, and strategies to enhance incidents reporting. Method Group conversations were carried out within a hospital multidisciplinary team. A mediator stimula...

Pharmacotherapeutic follow-up in a respiratory intensive care unit: description and analysis of results

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 16 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To describe and evaluate the pharmacotherapeutic follow-up by a clinical pharmacist in an intensive care unit. Methods: A descriptive and cross-sectional study carried out from August to October 2016. The data were collected through a form, and pharmacotherapeutic follow-up conducte...

Increase of 10% in the rate of adverse drug reactions for each drug administered in hospitalized patients

Clinics; 73 (), 2018
OBJECTIVE: To assess the risk factors, incidence and severity of adverse drug reactions in in-patients. METHODS: This prospective study evaluated 472 patients treated at a teaching hospital in Brazil between 2010 and 2013 by five medical specialties: Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Geriatrics, Neuro...

Preventable adverse drug events in critically ill HIV patients: Is the detection of potential drug-drug interactions a useful tool?

Clinics; 73 (), 2018
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to develop a strategy to identify adverse drug events associated with drug-drug interactions by analyzing the prescriptions of critically ill patients. METHODS: This retrospective study included HIV/AIDS patients who were admitted to an intensive care unit between N...

Fatores de risco associados à hipoglicemia e análise de eventos adversos em uma terapia intensiva

Texto & contexto enferm; 27 (3), 2018
RESUMO Objetivos: avaliar os fatores preditivos associados à ocorrência de hipoglicemia grave e analisar os eventos adversos relacionados ao uso de insulina e hipoglicemiantes orais em pacientes internados em uma unidade de terapia intensiva. Método: trata-se de um estudo de coorte desenvolvido em u...

Treatment interruption of biological drugs and tofacitinib in rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review of case reports

The aim of this study was to evaluate interruption of treatment with biological drugs and tofacitinib due to adverse events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. A systematic review was performed in the electronic databases MEDLINE, Cochrane, Scopus, CRD, IPA, Lilacs and Scielo. Case reports addressing ...

Implementación del Programa de Notificación de Efectos Adversos por Pacientes en Guantánamo
Implementation of the Adverse Effects Notification Program for Patients in Guantánamo

Rev. inf. cient; 97 (2), 2018
Introducción: cada vez son más los medicamentos que se comercializan, aumenta considerablemente el consumo de los mismos y, como consecuencia, aparecen los efectos adversos Objetivo: implementar la notificación de efectos adversos por pacientes para clasificar e identificar estos efectos que aparecen ...

Mortalidade e internações hospitalares por intoxicações e reações adversas a medicamentos no Brasil: análise de 2000 a 2014

Resumo: Nos últimos anos, as intoxicações e reações adversas a medicamentos tornaram-se importante causa de hospitalização e mortalidade, constituindo tema de grande relevância para a saúde pública. O objetivo deste estudo foi descrever a tendência de mortalidade e hospitalizações por esses ...

Prevalencia de eventos adversos en centros de hemodialisis
Prevalence of adverse events in hemodialysis centers

Cienc. enferm; 24 (), 2018
RESUMEN Los centros de diálisis son unidades complejas que predisponen la ocurrencia de eventos adversos (EA); éstos son un problema grave en todo el mundo, uno de cada 10 pacientes sufre un evento adverso durante la hospitalización. Objetivo: Determinar los eventos adversos que ocurren con mayor frec...