دورية أكاديمية
Description of the prescription patterns of montelukast in the municipality of Camagüey
| العنوان: | Description of the prescription patterns of montelukast in the municipality of Camagüey |
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| المؤلفون: | Iraida Mederos-Pérez, María del Carmen Méndez-Ramírez, Indira López-Gutiérrez, Lourdes María García-Yllán, Yuney Román Ávila-Pérez |
| المصدر: | Revista Electrónica Dr. Zoilo E. Marinello Vidaurreta, Vol 43, Iss 2 (2018) |
| بيانات النشر: | Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Las Tunas, 2018. |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Medicine (General) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | leukotriene antagonists, asthma, rhinitis, allergic, therapeutics, drug utilization., Medicine, Medicine (General), R5-920 |
| الوصف: | Background: montelukast is an effective therapeutic alternative for asthma and allergic rhinitis.Objective: to describe the prescription patterns of montelukast in the municipality of Camagüey during 2015.Methods: a descriptive, cross-sectional study on drug use, prescription/indication type, with elements of therapeutic scheme was carried out. The universe consisted of 1223 prescriptions of montelukast and the sample was 179. The variables studied were: age group, presentation form, indications, use of inhaled glucocorticoids, daily dose, dose interval, specialty of the prescribers and prescription type.Results: prescriptions prevailed in patients aged 15 years and older with 77,09 %. The most used form of presentation was the 10 mg coated tablet with 79,89 %. Asthma led to the highest number of prescriptions (160, for 89,38 %) and 51,95 % of the cases used montelukast combined with inhaled glucocorticoids (ICG). The daily dose of 10 mg prevailed in 140 cases, representing 78,21 %; with a 24-hour dose interval in 174 cases for 97,21 %. The largest number of prescriptions were made by specialists in Family Medicine (117, for 65,36 %), and were found inadequate in 12,85 % of the cases.Conclusions: the prescription patterns of montelukast were described in the study sample, indicated mainly in the case of asthma and in a daily dose with a 10 mg coated tablet. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | Spanish; Castilian |
| تدمد: | 1029-3027 |
| العلاقة: | http://revzoilomarinello.sld.cu/index.php/zmv/article/view/1075Test; https://doaj.org/toc/1029-3027Test |
| الوصول الحر: | https://doaj.org/article/1aba345dd90840e7b9c8604eddefa52fTest |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.1aba345dd90840e7b9c8604eddefa52f |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| تدمد: | 10293027 |
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