Medicines have made an appreciable contribution to improving health. However, even high-income countries are struggling to fund new premium-priced medicines. This will grow necessitating the… (More)
OBJECTIVES
To describe drug utilization by Brazilian retirees with an emphasis on inappropriate use.
METHODS
Cross-sectional study with a simple random sample of 800 retirees of the Brazilian… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To assess the incidence, magnitude and factors associated with the first episode of non-adherence for 12 months after the first antiretroviral prescription.
DESIGN
A prospective study of… (More)
OBJECTIVE
There is evidence that patients with mental illness have increased prevalence of sexually transmitted infections, but data in Brazil are scarce. The objective of this study was to determine… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To identify factors associated with health-related quality of life in elderly patients on hemodialysis.
METHODS
Cross-sectional study including 223 patients aged > 60 years on… (More)
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
The use of dialysis modalities for ESRD varies around the world. There is no consensus in literature regarding the most appropriate choice of dialysis method. The aim of… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To describe reliability/validity of a semi-structured questionnaire designed to assess risk behavior to sexually transmitted diseases among adults with chronic mental illness.
METHOD
A… (More)
The purpose of this observational study, designed as a cross-sectional sample of 621 elderly residents in Viçosa, Minas Gerais state, Brazil was to evaluate the prevalence of inadequate functional… (More)
Journal of pharmacy & pharmaceutical sciences : a…
2009
PURPOSE
To evaluate the prevalence of drug-drug interactions (DDI) in prescriptions of hospitalized patients and to identify risk factors associated.
METHODS
A retrospective cross-sectional… (More)
Biological agents directed against tumor necrosis factor (TNF) represent therapeutic options for patients with ankylosing spondylitis with high disease activity despite use of non-steroidal… (More)