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Prescrição de medicamentos potencialmente inapropriados para idosos: um estudo ...
Farias,Andrezza Duarte; Lima,Kenio Costa; Oliveira,Yonara Monique da Costa; Leal,Adriana Amorim de Farias; Martins,Rand RandallResumo Os idosos são vulneráveis aos riscos do uso de medicamentos, principalmente daqueles considerados potencialmente inapropriados (MPI) em que os riscos superam os benefícios. O estudo buscou avaliar os MPI prescritos na Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS) e seus fatores associados. Realizou-se um estudo transversal, analítico, de março a dezembro de 2019, na APS em Campina Grande, Paraíba, através de entrevista...
Comparison of phenol-chloroform and a commercial deoxyribonucleic acid extracti...
Silva,Andressa Noronha Barbosa da; Souza,Rita de Cássia Moreira de; Honorato,Nathan Ravi Medeiros; Martins,Rand RandallAbstract INTRODUCTION: Knowledge of triatomine bloodmeal sources is essential for understanding vector-host interactions in Trypanosoma cruzi transmission cycles. Expensive commercial deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extraction kits are widely used for bloodmeal identification. This study assessed the performance of an inexpensive phenol-chloroform DNA extraction protocol for identification of triatomine bloodmeal s...
DRUG-RELATED PROBLEMS IN CARDIAC NEONATES UNDER INTENSIVE CARE
Nascimento,Amanda Roseane Farias do; Leopoldino,Ramon Weyler Duarte; Santos,Marco Edoardo Tavares dos; Costa,Tatiana Xavier da; Martins,Rand RandallABSTRACT Objective: To determine the frequency and nature of the Drug Related Problems (DRP) in neonates with cardiac diseases admitted to an Intensive Care Unit. Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study was developed at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of a teaching maternity hospital in Brazil from January 2014 to December 2016. All neonates diagnosed with any heart disease (congenital heart dis...
Drug interactions in maternal intensive care: prevalence, risk factors, and pot...
Pessoa,Thiago de Lima; Clemente Junior,Washington Sales; Costa,Tatiana Xavier da; Bezerra,Priscilla Karilline do Vale; Martins,Rand RandallABSTRACT Objective: To characterize severe potential drug interactions in maternal intensive care, and to determine their frequency, risk factors and potential risk medications. Methods: An observational and longitudinal study conducted between December 2014 and December 2015 in a maternal intensive care unit. Clinical data were collected and severe potential drug interactions were identified on pregnant inpati...
Problemas relacionados a medicamentos antimicrobianos em unidade de terapia int...
Nunes,Bruna Meirelly; Xavier,Tatiana Costa; Martins,Rand RandallRESUMO Objetivo: Determinar os principais problemas relacionados a medicamentos em neonatos sob uso de antimicrobianos. Métodos: Estudo observacional, prospectivo e longitudinal. Os problemas relacionados a medicamentos foram classificados de acordo com a versão 6.2 da Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe Foundation. Foi executada análise descritiva, na qual as variáveis clínicas e terapêuticas foram apresentadas...
Prevalence and risk factors of inadequate medicine home storage: a community-ba...
Martins,Rand Randall; Farias,Andreza Duarte; Oliveira,Yonara Monique da Costa; Diniz,Rodrigo dos Santos; Oliveira,Antonio GouveiaABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Assess the extent of inadequate home storage of medicines andidentify important risk factors. METHODS A cross-sectional survey based on a probability sample in the community, conducted in 267 households in Cuité, State of Paraíba, Northeast Brazil, in 2014. Logistic regression was used to study the risk factors. RESULTS The prevalence of households with inadequate storage was 76.0%. Problems ...
Potential intravenous drug incompatibilities in a pediatric unit
Leal,Karla Dalliane Batista; Leopoldino,Ramon Weyler Duarte; Martins,Rand Randall; Veríssimo,Lourena MafraABSTRACT Objective To investigate potential intravenous drug incompatibilities and related risk factors in a pediatric unit. Methods A cross-sectional analytical study conducted in the pediatric unit of a university hospital in Brazil. Data on prescriptions given to children aged 0-15 years from June to October 2014 were collected. Prescriptions that did not include intravenous drugs and prescriptions with inco...
Liquid-base cytology: a new method for oestral cycle study in wistar's rats
Martins,Rand Randall; Pereira,Ney Moura Lemos; Silva,Telma Maria AraújoOBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was the standardization of a collection technique and staining in liquid-base that allies the pratical and cytological wealth, making possible a larger reproductibility and microscopic easiness. METHODS: Female wistar rats (n=20) were submitted to the daily vaginal collection in saline and fastened washed (ether/alcohol) and stained in suspension with a solution of Evans ...