PRESCRIPTIONS OF ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED IN A UNIVERSIT Y HOSPITAL

Authors

  • Kassio Cardoso Sousa
  • Ana Carla Godinho Pinto Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Marcos Valério Silva Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Orenzio Soler Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Vanessa Cuentro
  • Marcieni Andrade Universidade Federal do Pará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17765/1983-1870.2015v8n3p501-508

Keywords:

Anti-infecciosos, Idoso, Prescrição de Medicamentos

Abstract

Trends in antimicrobial prescription for hospitalized elderly people in a university hospital in the state of Pará, Brazil, are identified. The transversal study evaluated and analyzed clinical cards on patients´ characteristics, diagnosis and treatments. Prescription trends are identified by the analysis of frequency. Further, 299 clinical cards were evaluated with a predominance of young female (56.5%) elderly people (80%), with infections of the respiration tract as the main cause of hospitalization. The predominantly empiric treatment comprised third generation cephalosporins, macrolides and quinolones. When pathology is related to medicine, the use of cephalosporins prevailed in the treatment of infections of the respiratory tract, with complications caused by Type 2 diabetes mellitus. The development of clinical protocols is required for the standardization of treatments and to stimulate the rational use of antimicrobial drugs to warrant the patient´s safety.

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Author Biographies

Kassio Cardoso Sousa

Rede Extrafarma - Belém - Pará

Ana Carla Godinho Pinto, Universidade Federal do Pará

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêutica; Instituto de Ciências da Saúde

Marcos Valério Silva, Universidade Federal do Pará

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêutica; Instituto de Ciências da Saúde

Orenzio Soler, Universidade Federal do Pará

Faculdade de Farmácia; Instituto de Ciências da Saúde

Vanessa Cuentro

Hospital de Urgência e Emergência - Belém - Pará

Marcieni Andrade, Universidade Federal do Pará

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêutica; Instituto de Ciências da Saúde

Published

2015-12-31

How to Cite

Sousa, K. C., Pinto, A. C. G., Silva, M. V., Soler, O., Cuentro, V., & Andrade, M. (2015). PRESCRIPTIONS OF ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED IN A UNIVERSIT Y HOSPITAL. Saúde E Pesquisa, 8(3), 501–508. https://doi.org/10.17765/1983-1870.2015v8n3p501-508

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