Incidencia de reacciones adversas en pacientes hospitalizados del Servicio de Emergencia del Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen. Essalud : enero-marzo 2003

Abstract

Se realizó un estudio de tipo descriptivo-longitudinal prospectivo de la incidencia de reacciones adversas a medicamentos en pacientes hospitalizados en el Servicio de Emergencia del Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen durante el periodo enero-marzo 2003. Se analizaron 865 casos de pacientes hospitalizados en dicho servicio para determinar la existencia de reacciones adversas a medicamentos (RAM) detectándose 67 pacientes con casos de RAM obteniéndose una incidencia de 7.75%, presentándose mayormente en pacientes varones entre 75-93 años y 56-74 años de edad; las reacciones fueron moderada en el 53.52% de los casos. Los principales grupos terapéuticos implicados fueron: antibióticos (23.94%), AINES (16.9%) y antihipertensivos (8.45%) y los órganos y sistemas más afectados se destacan el tracto gastrointestinal (22.54%) y el sistema cardiovascular (14.08%).

--- A descriptive-longitudinal prospective study of incidence of Drug adverse reaction in patients hospitalized in Emergency facility of Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen national hospital during January to march 2003 of was carried out. It was analizad 865 cases of hospitalized patients in that facility during three months in order to determine the existence of drug adverse reactions (DAR's), from those ones, it was detected 67 patients with cases of DAR's, having obtained an incidence of 7.75%, particularly presented in male patients and between 75-93 years old and 56-74 years old; DAR's were moderate in the 53.52% of the cases. The principal therapeutic groups implied were: antibiotic (23.94%), NON-Sterroidal anti-inflammatory (16.9%) and anti-hypertensive (8.45%) drugs and the organs and systems more affected, it was highlighted, gastrointestinal tract (22.54%) and cardiovascular system (14.08%).