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[Drug-related problems in the emergency department observation area of a third-level hospital]

S Cubero-Caballero¹, Torres-Murillo, M A Campos-Pérez

¹Fundación Reina Sofia-SEFH, Servicios de Observación de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, Córdoba, Spain.

Farmacia Hospitalaria : Organo Oficial De Expresion Cientifica De La Sociedad Espanola De Farmacia Hospitalaria

|September 27, 2006

Abstract

Objective:

The therapeutic armamentarium of developed countries has experienced a great advance; however, increased drug therapy not only provides benefits, as the inappropriate use of drugs results in relevant consequences for patients.

Method:

A 3-month, descriptive, cross-sectional, randomized study in 125 patients seen at the emergency department observation area of a third-level hospital to identify drug-related problems (DRPs). A hospital adaptation of Dader s method was used.

Results:

A mean of 0.94 DRPs per patient was obtained. Major DRPs (mDRPs) represented 50% of all DRPs; 69.50% of DRPs were avoidable; 44% were moderate, 38% mild, and 18% serious; 54.4% of patients were admitted to hospital, which originated in a mDRP in 25% of cases--this represents 50% of all patients with a mDRP.

Conclusions:

A significant portion of patients admitted to the observation area present there as a result of a DRP.

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