Risk assessment of patient factors and medications for drug-related problems from a prospective longitudinal study of newborns admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit in Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify patient factors and medications associated with the occurrence of drug-related problems (DRPs) in neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).

Design

Prospective, longitudinal study.

Setting

NICU of a teaching hospital in Brazil.

Participants

Data were collected from the records of the clinical pharmacy service of all neonates admitted between April 2014 and January 2017, excluding neonates with length of stay in the NICU <24 hours or without prescribed drugs.

Primary outcome measures

Occurrence of one or more DRP (conditions interfering in the patient's pharmacotherapy with potential undesired clinical outcomes).

Results

The study observed 600 neonates who had a median length of stay in the NICU of 13 days (ra

SUBMITTER: Leopoldino RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6624048 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature