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"Monitoring of Drug Interactions in Geriatry, Psychiatry and Internal Medicine Wards of Teaching Hospital Salvador Allende"

Furones, JA: Head Continued medical Education Dept., Pharmacoepidemiology Development Center, Havana, C
Lopez, AF: Epidemiology Specialist, Havana's Epidemiology Center, Havana, Cuba
Salazar, LE: Pharmacology Specialist, Teaching Hospital Enrique Cabrera, Havana, Cuba
Portuondo, C: Medical Informatics, Pharmacoepidemiology Development Center, Havana, Cuba

Contact Person: J.A. Furones (cdf@infomed.sld.cu)

SUMMARY

A descriptive drug utilization study was performed, involving 230 patients hospitalized in different wards of Salvador Allende Teaching Hospital, with the purpose of identifying and assessing drug interactions and its clinical consequences. A reference pattern was designed, including electronic and press information in order to assess drug interactions. Drug interactions were classified according to the physiopathology. Nurses were trained for this purpose. In one week 77 patients suffering 115 drug interactions were identified   (33%) and 71% with potentially undesired medical conditions. The total relation drug/patient was 3,7, with outstanding figures in psychiatric ward  (4,09) and Internal Medicine ward (4,52). In these wards appeared  the majority of drug interactions. According to physiopathology, pharmacokinetics(62%) and pharmacodinamics(33%) were prevalent. The use of multiple drugs increases the risk of interactions, as shown in this study.

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Poster Number PAfurones0742
Keywords: : drugs,interactions,drug utilization,psychiatry,geriatry