In the elderly there is a high risk of inappropriate medication and adverse effects of polypharmacy. A 68 year-old female patient resorted to the Emergency Room for suspected stroke. According to the husband, in the six months prior to admission, she became progressively disorientated and dependent. She had resorted to various appointments from different specialties and was polymedicated. It was impossible to c...
Monitoring antibiotic consumption is a valuable tool which has been increasingly used in the last years due to the current concern with the emergence of resistant microbial strains. The present study aimed at monitoring antibiotic consumption, evaluating the economic impact of hospital antibiotic prescription and assessing the relationship between the prescribed antibiotics and the indications for either prophy...
Apresentam-se os resultados de um estudo destinado a caracterizar e avaliar a adequação da prescrição de antibióticos para infecções respiratórias por parte dos médicos de Medicina Geral e Familiar (MF). Para o efeito, foi inquirida, entre os meses de Dezembro de 2001 e Janeiro de 2002, uma amostra aleatória de MF, estratificada por etapas sucessivas, quanto ao tipo de antibiótico prescrito em infecções do foro...
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