Introduction: Worldwide, the COVID-19 epidemic affects thousands of people with devastating effects on the health sector and negative impacts on the health care workforce. The burden of disease attributable to COVID-19 infection among health professionals at the forefront of combating the disease, hitherto unknown, should guide policies for coping with the pandemic, considering the particularities of each profe...
Introduction: In Brazil, the use of third generation cephalosporins associated with a macrolide (azithromycin or clarithromycin), has been recommended at admission. Objective: To estimate the budgetary impact of the use of clarithromycin as a supporting macrolide in the empirical treatment scheme for patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Method: Budgetary Impact Analysis. Unified Health System perspe...
Falls can cause physical and / or psychological damage in hospitalized patients, in addition to increased length of stay and costs of hospitalization. Among the multiple risk factors associated with the occurrence of falls, the use of drugs that increase the risk and polypharmacy must be considered. Objectives: to estimate the magnitude of the effect of exposure of adult patients to polypharmacy and the use of ...
Introduction: Acute pulmonary thromboembolism is a potentially fatal disease and the prevalence among patients infected with OVID-19 has increased to require laboratory and imaging examinations, which are not always readily available. D-Dimer levels may be particularly useful for diagnostic exclusion. Objective: To evaluate the clinical utility of D-Dimer POC assay analyzers to rule out the diagnosis of pulmona...
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