%0 Journal Article
%T Determinaci車n de polifarmacoterapia en pacientes geri芍tricos de un consultorio del m谷dico de la familia en cienfuegos
%A Ana Mar赤a Ramos Cedeˋo
%A Pedro Miguel Mili芍n V芍zquez
%A Jos谷 Luis Fonseca Le車n
%A Maira Quir車s Enr赤quez
%J Revista Cubana de Farmacia
%D 2000
%I ECIMED
%X Se realiz車 un estudio descriptivo de corte transversal en el Consultorio M谷dico de la Familia "14 de Julio" del municipio Rodas de la provincia de Cienfuegos, durante el mes de noviembre de 1998, con el objetivo de realizar una caracterizaci車n de la polifarmacoterapia en los pacientes geri芍tricos no hospitalizados. Se incluyeron los pacientes con 60 a os o m芍s que inger赤an 2 o m芍s medicamentos. Se cre車 una encuesta donde se incluyeron variables como edad, sexo, n迆mero total de medicamentos que utilizaba cada paciente, grupo farmacol車gico al que pertenece el medicamento. Los datos fueron procesados por el procesador estad赤stico EPIINFO 6.0. Existi車 un elevado n迆mero de pacientes sometidos a la polifarmacoterapia dentro del universo de ancianos. Los pacientes tomaban 137 medicamentos, con un promedio de medicamentos ingeridos de 3,11 por cada uno. Los grupos seleccionados representaron m芍s de la mitad del total de medicamentos consumidos. Se analizan algunas posibles causas de este fen車meno. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted at the "l4 de Julio" family physician∩s office in the municipality of Rodas, Cienfuegos province, during November, 1998, aimed at carrying out a characterization of polypharmacotherapy among non-hospitalized geriatric patients. Those patients aged 60 or over who were taking 2 or more drugs were included. A survey including variables such as age, sex, total number of drugs taken by each patient, and the pharmacological group to which the drug belongs was done. Data were processed by the EPINFO 6.0 statistical processor. A high number of patients were under polypharmacotherapy within the universe of aged people. Patients were taking 137 drugs. The average of drugs taken by each one was 3.11. The selected groups accounted for more than the half of the total of drugs used Some possible causes of this phenomenon are analyzed.
%K POLIFARMACIA
%K SALUD DEL ANCIANO
%K MEDICOS DE FAMILIA.
%K POLYPHARMACY
%K AGING HEALTH
%K PHYSICIANS
%K FAMILY
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