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...
The administration of drugs through the enteral nutrition probe (SNE) is still surrounded by many doubts regarding effectiveness and safety, besides the lack of systematization of the method of prescription and administration of these drugs. Often the interdisciplinary team needs to take responsibility for the decision making in the pharmacotherapy of patients who are probed even without support in the scientif...
Objective: This study aimed to improve knowledge about drug administration through enteral feeding tubes (EFTs) in order to minimize effi cacy and safety problems. Material and methods: The study was performed in a public secondary care hospital with level II accreditation by the National Accreditation Organization (Organização Nacional de Acreditação ONA), in Fortaleza, Ceará, north-eastern Brazil. Results: On...