A través de rigurosas investigaciones revelamos avances significativos en el cuidado de la salud. Analizamos y reflexionamos sobre posibles soluciones.
Año Publicación: "2020" / 28 Artículos
Prescripción e indicaciones de uso de fluoroquinolonas en un grupo de pacientes ambulatorios de Colombia
Introducción. Existen evidencias sobre el uso indiscriminado de antibióticos en el tratamiento de diversas enfermedades. Objetivo. Determinar los patrones de prescripci&...
Real-World Evidence: Pharmacoepidemiology for Daily Clinical Practice—An Experience from Colombia
In recent years, the use of real-world data (RWD) has rapidly increased in many felds of healthcare delivery and research. These data, when properly used, may be translated into real-world evidence...
Real-World Effectiveness of Therapy With Rosuvastatin Combined With Fenofibric Acid in a Sample of Colombian Patients With Mixed Dyslipidemia
Background: Ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of death in the world and is associated with dyslipidemia, high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, and other factors. Objective: To ...
Reacciones adversas a medicamentos asociadas con el uso de agentes biológicos.
Introduction: Biological drugs open new possibilities to treat diseases for which drug therapy is limited, but they may be associated with adverse drug reactions (ADRs).Objective: To identify...
Use of Tramadol or Other Analgesics in Patients Treated in the Emergency Department as a Risk Factor for Opioid Use
The objective of this cohort study was to determine the association between the use of tramadol in emergency departments and the later consumption of opioids at the outpatient level in a group of ...
Pharmacological treatment and inappropriate prescriptions for patients with erectile dysfunction
Background Erectile dysfunction is associated with old age, some morbidities and the use of certain medications. Objective To identify the treatments and drugs related to worsening sexual activity ...
Consistency between anticholinergic burden scales in patients with Sjögren’s syndrome
Introduction: Sjögren’s syndrome is the second most frequent autoimmune rheumatic disease and is characterized by exocrine gland involvement manifesting as sicca symptoms. The objective ...
Factors Involved in the Development of Inhibitory Antibodies in Patients with Hemophilia in Colombia: A Case-Control Study
Background: The appearance of inhibitory antibodies against antihemophilic factors is one of the most serious complications related to hemophilia. Objective: The objective of this study was ...
Pharmacotherapy and inappropriate prescriptions in patients with psoriasis
Background Psoriasis is a chronic infammatory and systemic disease that primarily afects the skin, nails, and joints. Some medications have been linked to worsening clinical manifestations of ...
Patterns of pharmacological treatment of patients with migraine, tension-type headache, and cluster headache in a large group of patients in Colombia, 2019
The objective was to determine the pharmacological treatment patterns of headache disorders in a Colombian population. Cross-sectional study. The dispensations of drugs for the management of ...