title: [Adjustment of evaluation criteria of adverse drug events for use in a public hospital in the State of Rio de Janeiro].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To adapt the methodology, criteria and instruments for tracing adverse drug events proposed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and to evaluate the occurrence of adverse drug events in a specialized hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  The method selected for the identification of adverse drug events was an adjustment proposed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement based on the retrospective review of medical charts conducted through explicit tracing criteria. The adjustment process for tracing criteria for adverse drug events was carried out by a panel of specialists based on the analysis of aspects related to validation, viability and relevance. This analysis was carried out from a sample of 112 patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  21 tracing criteria for the detection of adverse drug events were selected. The incidence of adverse drug events in the analyzed hospital was 14.3%. In 25% of the cases there was a need for life-support intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tracing criteria for adverse drug events enable monitoring events through time, allowing to evaluate if the strategies implemented in the medication system could show results for a better quality of care.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem Alfredo Pinto, UNIRIO, RJ e Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. keroulay@gmail.com
authors.forename: Keroulay Estebanez
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Roque
authors.forename: Enirtes Caetano Prates
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Melo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult