Drug-Related Morbidity in Brazil: A Cost-of-Illness Model.

Objectives: To estimate the proportion of patients with drug-related morbidities (DRMs), DRM preventability, and the cost of illness of the DRMs in Brazil.

Methods: We used the decision-analytic model initially developed by Johnson and Bootman (Drug-related morbidity and mortality. A cost-of-illness model.

Degree of knowledge of health care professionals about pain management and use of opioids in pediatrics.

Objective: To evaluate the degree of knowledge about pain management and opioids use by professionals working at three pediatric units.

Design: This is a cross-sectional study.

Setting: This study was carried out at three pediatric units (pediatrics, intensive care unit, and oncology) of Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, which is a university hospital located in southern Brazil.