[Drug therapy follow-up in patients admitted to a Surgery Department].
BACKGROUND
Patients admitted to surgery departments receive multiple drugs before, during and after surgical procedures. Anti-infectious therapy, anesthetics, anti-embolic agents, and analgesics stand out amongst others. Our objective was to implement pharmacotherapeutic follow-up as a means to detect, prevent, and solve medication-related problems (MRPs) in inpatients, and to establish consensus strategies to solve avoidable MRPs.


METHODS
An observational prospective study of 22 patients hospitalized in a Surgery Department, Hospital Infanta Margarita, Cabra (Córdoba) was conducted. Dader methodology was adapted for drug therapy follow-up in the hospital setting.


RESULTS
In all, 108 MRPs were detected; 22.04% were associated with medication needs (MRP1:13.6% and MRP2: 8.5%), 40.68% with ineffectiveness (MRP3: 22.0% and MRP4: 18.6%), and 37.28% with lack of safety (MRP5: 10.2% and MRP6: 27.1%). Out of 108 MRPs found, 64 (59.3%) were avoidable; 97 pharmaceutical interventions were carried out (89.8% of cases), acting in 63 (58%) MRPs detected in cooperation with physicians, while 46 MRPs were solved (42%). We found 1 MRP in each 2.6 patients -- admission days, and 1 MRP per 4.5 patients -- admission days occurred after pharmaceutical intervention during the study period.


CONCLUSIONS
The use of pharmacotherapeutic follow-up in patients admitted to this department has improved the quality of health care.
Silva Castro
M M
MM
Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
Calleja Hernández
M A
MA
Tuneu i Valls
L
L
Fuentes Caparrós
B
B
Gutiérrez Sáinz
J
J
Faus Dader
M J
MJ
D004358:Drug Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008875:Middle Aged; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations