Objective The aim of this study was to investigate pharmacological treatment adherence of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, attended in an outpatient pharmacy at a tertiary hospital in northeastern Brazil. Methods The analysis of adherence was performed along with caregivers, through a structured questionnaire based on Morisky, Green and Levine, which enabled the categorization of adherence in “highe...
Objective: To describe and analyze the pharmaceutical orientation given at hospital discharge of transplant patients. Methods: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive and retrospective study that used records of orientation given by the clinical pharmacist in the inpatients unit of the Kidney and Liver Transplant Department, at Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio , in the city of Fortaleza (CE), Brazil, from...
The complexity of care in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) exposes critically ill patients to a high risk of Adverse Drug Events, with the occurrence of Medication Errors being prevalent. The present study aimed to analyze the clinical pharmacy activities performed in the ICU of a hospital of medium and high private complexity and the results achieved in the identification, resolution and prevention of MS. This is a...