Publications by authors named "Daniel Xavier de Brito Setta"
Background: Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, the incidence and mortality of infective endocarditis (IE) have increased in recent decades. Studies on the risk factors for mortality in endocarditis in Latin America are scarce.
Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 240 patients diagnosed with IE according to the modified Duke criteria who were admitted to two university hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from January 2009 to June 2021.
Objectives: to analyze the implementation of the medication time out strategy to reduce medication errors.
Methods: this is a quantitative, cross-sectional, inferential study, with direct observation of the implementation of the medication time out strategy, carried out in a cardiac intensive care unit of a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro.
Results: 234 prescriptions with 2,799 medications were observed.