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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...

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...

Atención, confiados consumidores
Attention, confident consumers

En un artículo titulado Los laboratorios farmacéuticos se inventan enfermedades, aparecido en el diario El Mundo (España), atribuido al prestigioso farmacólogo catalán Joan Ramón Laporte, se dicen verdades que no se divulgan habitualmente a los consumidores de medicamentos, veamos algunas, luego a�...

Efficacy and safety of a four-drug fixed-dose combination regimen versus separate drugs for treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Braz. j. microbiol; 48 (2), 2017
Abstract Introduction: Tuberculosis, particularly multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis, is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. To the best of our knowledge, however, no study to date has assessed the combined use of the four available drugs for tuberculosis treatment, which is an issue of g...

Severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions of Chinese inpatients: a meta-analysis

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (3), 2017
Abstract Background: The rate of severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions is low, and these reactions can result in death or disability. An evidence-based epidemiological study of severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions in China has not been reported. Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze epid...

Medication errors in anesthesia: unacceptable or unavoidable?

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 67 (2), 2017
Abstract Medication errors are the common causes of patient morbidity and mortality. It adds financial burden to the institution as well. Though the impact varies from no harm to serious adverse effects including death, it needs attention on priority basis since medication errors' are preventable. In tod...

Análise da ocorrência de evento adverso pós-vacinação decorrente de erro de imunização

RESUMO Objetivo: analisar a ocorrência de Evento Adverso Pós-Vacinação (EAPV) decorrente de erro de imunização, no Paraná, de 2003 a 2013. Método: pesquisa descritiva documental, retrospectiva, quantitativa, utilizando dados secundários do Sistema de Informação de Evento Adverso Pós-Vacina�...

Adverse drug reactions among patients admitted with infectious diseases at a Brazilian hospital

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Despite the therapeutic benefits of drugs, adverse drug reactions (ADRs) occur. Method: We assessed a series of suspected ADRs identified from notifications and intensive monitoring of inpatients from March 2013 to March 2014. RESULTS: Skin reactions predominated (31%). Systemic...