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Año Publicación: "2021" / 29 Artículos
Patrones de tratamiento farmacológico en pacientes adultos con dermatitis atópica
Antecedentes: la dermatitis atópica es una enfermedad inflamatoria crónica de la piel con una prevalencia estimada que oscila entre el 2% y el 17% en adultos. Se desconocen los est&...
Antibiotic Prescriptions for Respiratory Tract Viral Infections in the Colombian Population
Antimicrobials are frequently inappropriately prescribed for the management of upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs); therefore, the frequency of antibiotic prescriptions for patients
Manejo de la hiperglicemia en un hospital de primer nivel de atención - Management of hyperglycemia in a first level care hospital
Objetivo: Describir el tratamiento en un hospital de primer nivel de pacientes que consultaron el servicio de urgencias por hiperglucemia, el manejo previo y su probable relación con nuevas ...
Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions of Antipsychotics for Patients With Dementia
Dementias are neurodegenerative and progressive diseases of the central nervous system. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of potentially inappropriate ...
eHealth and mHealth: Adherence to treatment in chronic diseases
Poor adherence to treatment is a common problem in patients with chronic diseases since, given their nature, they involve long-term therapeutic regimens, hence the importance of ...
Factors Associated with Survival in Patients Undergoing Invasive Mechanical Ventilation in an Intensive Care Unit in Colombia, 2017–2018: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Background Critically ill patients are admitted to intensive care units so they can be comprehensively managed and provided with services not covered in general hospital wards, with the aim ...
Use of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in Colombia: A descriptive study using a national administrative healthcare database
Purpose: We aimed to describe time-trends in the use of NOACs among a group of ambulatory patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) in Colombia and to describe treatment patterns and ...
Prescription of statins and pharmacokinetic interactions in Colombian patients
Background: Statins have extensive hepatic metabolism and can have multiple pharmacological interactions. The aim was to identify the main pharmacokinetic interactions between statins and their ...
Clinical characteristics and stratification of the cerebrovascular accident risk among patients with atrial fibrillation in Colombia, 2011-2016
"Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common type of cardiac arrhythmia worldwide. Thisstudy aimed to determine the sociodemographic and clinical features of AF in a Colombian ...
Estudio de utilización de fármacos antigotosos en población colombiana, 2016 - Patterns of anti-gout drug use in a Colombian population: 2016
Objetivo: Identificar las características clínicas de los pacientes con gota y la forma de utilización de los medicamentos antigotosos en Colombia. Métodos: ...