dc.creatorDias Junior, Carlos A.C.
dc.creatorRibeiro, Andréia
dc.creatorSoares, Adriana C.
dc.creatorPereira, Mariana L.
dc.creatorNascimento, Mariana M.G.
dc.date2011
dc.date2012-02-02T03:00:00Z
dc.identifierhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/8405
dc.identifierhttp://www.latamjpharm.org/resumenes/30/10/LAJOP_30_10_1_17.pdf
dc.descriptionThe elderly population and the incidence of chronic diseases are growing rapidly in Brazil. This raises the demand for health services (like Nursing Homes - NH) and drugs, exposing this population to Potential Drug Therapy Problems (PDTP). A cross-sectional study in a Brazilian NH was developed through prescription analyses. PDTP were accounted when one of the following were detected: double therapy (DT); sub-dose; overdose; drug-drug interaction (DDI); food-drug interaction (FDI); Potentially Inappropriate Medication (PIM) according to the Beers Criteria; PIM according to the STOPP (Screening Tool for Older Persons’ Prescriptions). 116 PDTP were identified (17 DT, 16 sub-doses, an overdose, 52 DDI, 10 FDI, and 20 PIM according to Beers). With the STOPP, 143 PDTP were detected. Safety PDTP were the most frequent. The high number of PDTP detected indicates a low level of quality of the prescriptions, showing the need for the pharmacist work towards elderly drug therapy upgrade.
dc.descriptionColegio de Farmacéuticos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.format1985-1990
dc.languageen
dc.relationLatin American Journal of Pharmacy
dc.relationvol. 30, no. 10
dc.subjectFarmacia
dc.titlePotential drug therapy problems on an elderly nursing home population
dc.typeArticulo
dc.typeArticulo


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