LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Medication-related inpatient falls: a critical review

Abstract Falls are the second leading cause of accidental and unintentional injury deaths worldwide. Inpatient falls in hospital settings are likely to prolong the length of stay of patients in nearly 6.3 days, leading to increased hospitalization costs. The causes of fall incidents in healthcare facilit...

Development of natural products as drugs acting on central nervous system

Zhu, Xing-Zu.

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 86 (supl.2), 1991

We have recenty studied several natural product constituents which have effects on the CNS. (1) Tetrahydropalmatine (THP) and its analogues were isolated from Corydalis ambigua and various species of Stephania. (+)-THP and (-)-THP posses not only analgesic activity, but also exert sedative-tranquillizing...

Secuencia de Aminoácidos, Fármacos del Sistema Nervioso Central/farmacología, Depresores del Sistema Nervioso Central/farmacología, Evaluación de Medicamentos, Evaluación Preclínica de Medicamentos, Medicamentos Herbarios Chinos/farmacología, Trastornos de la Memoria/tratamiento farmacológico, Datos de Secuencia Molecular

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