Comorbidities, potentially dangerous and low therapeutic index medications: factors linked to emergency visits.

This article aims to investigate the morbidities related to medications, their risk factors and causes detected in patients who seek the Hospital Emergency Service of a University in the South of Brazil. Data collection was based on application of a questionnaire to patients of a minimum age of 18 years, that signing the Term of Free and Informed Consent (TFIC), during the period from October 2013 to March 2014, and analysis of electronic record charts. Cases were evaluated by pharmacists and a doctor to define whether it was a case of medication related morbidity (MRM) and to establish its possible causes.

Economic Impact of Emergency Visits due to Drug-Related Morbidity on a Brazilian Hospital.

Objectives: To estimate the cost of managing drug-related morbidity (DRM) that leads to visits to the emergency department of a Brazilian hospital.

Methods: This is a cost-of-illness study based on a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of patients' medical records. A questionnaire and analysis of medical records were used to identify patients who were being admitted to the emergency department because of DRM.

Use of non-formulary drugs in children at a Brazilian teaching hospital: a descriptive study.

Objective: To characterise the prescription of non-formulary drugs to children and neonates at a Brazilian teaching hospital and identify adverse drug reactions (ADRs), drug interactions, and prescription of potentially hazardous medicines.

Methods: A prospective exploratory study was carried out between January and May 2011 at the general paediatric wards and paediatric oncology, paediatric intensive care, and neonatal care units of the study hospital. Non-formulary drugs were categorised as approved, off-label, or not approved for use in children according to Brazilian compendia.