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

Safety assessment of essential medicines for elderly people: a bibliographic survey

Varallo, Fabiana Rossi; Oliveira, Fernanda Mariana de; Mastroianni, Patrícia de Carvalho.

Braz. j. pharm. sci; 50 (2), 2014

Certain medicines are considered potentially inappropriate (PIM) for elderly people as they increase the risk of adverse drug events (ADE) and because safer alternative therapies are available on the market. In this context, in order to identify the instruments that assess the quality of medical prescrip...

Prescripción Inadecuada/prevención & control, Prescripciones de Medicamentos/clasificación, Anciano, Control de Medicamentos y Narcóticos/métodos, 50249/ética, Medición de Riesgo/clasificación

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Hepatitis C in prisoners and non-prisoners in Colatina, Espírito Santo, Brazil

The aim of the present work was to compare hepatitis C prevalence, genotypes, and risk factors between prisoners and non-prisoners in the city of Colatina, Espírito Santo, Brazil. This cross-sectional study involved approximately 1,600 residents and 730 prisoners, all of whom were living in Colatina. Th...