Publications by authors named "Jose Carlos de Miguel-Bouzas"
Objective: To describe and to analyse a new method of integrated medicines reconciliation in an electronic prescribing program results.
Method: 12-month, prospective, observational, non-randomized and uncontrolled study, in which all patients who were admitted, during that year, to a general hospital of 450 beds. The electronic prescribing program was used for medication reconciliation as a means to multidisciplinary approach (nurses, doctors, pharmacists).
Article Synopsis
- A study analyzed acute intoxication cases at a hospital in Pontevedra from 2005 to 2008, focusing on the demographics, toxic agents, and outcomes of the patients involved.
- The research included data from 1,893 patients, primarily men with a mean age of 35.6 years, showing highest incident rates on weekends during summer months.
- Most poisonings were due to drugs of abuse (70.4%), primarily ethyl alcohol, while intentional overdoses for suicide attempts accounted for 18.8%; the overall mortality rate was very low at just 0.2%.