Drug related problems in the neonatal intensive care unit: incidence, characterization and clinical relevance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Any event involving drug therapy that may interfere in a patient's desired clinical outcome is called a drug related problem (DRP). DRP are very common in intensive therapy, however, little is known about DRP in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of DRPs in NICU patients and to characterize DRPs according to type, cause and corresponding pharmaceutical conducts.

Methods

Prospective observational study conducted in the NICU at a teaching hospital in Brazil from January 2014 to November 2016. The data were collected from the records of the clinical pharmacy service, excluding neonates admitted for less than 24 h and those who had no drugs prescribed. DRPs were classified according to the Pharmaceutical C

SUBMITTER: Leopoldino RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6485091 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature