Resultados: 3

Drug safety among institutionalized elderly people: potential interactions

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the drug interactions among institutionalized elderly. Method: retrospective and documentary study with a quantitative approach developed in two Long Stay Institutions for Elderly, located in northeastern Brazil. Drug interactions were identified by using Drug-Reax® sof...

Interações medicamentosas nos idosos em uso de anticoagulantes orais internados num hospital cardiológico

Objective: The study’s purpose has been to relate the drug interactions of oral anticoagulants with other medications used by elderly people hospitalized in a cardiology hospital. Methods: It is a prospective exploratory study with 16 elderly people taking oral anticoagulant, who were hospitalized at a...

Drug-drug interactions and adverse drug reactions in polypharmacy among older adults: an integrative review

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify and summarize studies examining both drug-drug interactions (DDI) and adverse drug reactions (ADR) in older adults polymedicated. Methods: an integrative review of studies published from January 2008 to December 2013, according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, in M...