Prevalence of Anxiety Symptoms Among Health Care Workers in Colombia During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of anxiety symptoms in a Colombian HCW sample during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out by means of an online survey (May-June 2020). Respondents were HCWs in Colombia reached by a nonprobability sample.

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Objective: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of anxiety symptoms in a Colombian HCW sample during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out by means of an online survey (May–June 2020). Respondents were HCWs in Colombia reached by a nonprobability sample.

Cannabinoids for major neurocognitive disorder: case report and literature review.

Introduction: Major neurocognitive disorder (MNCD) affects millions of people worldwide. However, the pharmacological options for its management are limited, ineffective and frequently associated with severe adverse reactions.

Case Report: An 85-year-old man with history of multiple chronic brain injuries (alcohol-use disorder, haemorrhagic stroke, brain trauma, chronic use of benzodiazepines) developed an MNCD, reaching 7 points on the Reisberg Global Deterioration Scale.

"Chasing the Dragon": A Fatal Case Report of Toxic Leucoencéphalopathie Due to Inhaled Heroin.

Background: Leukoencephalopathy is a myelin disorder caused by multiple agents, including substance abuse.

Case: A 28-year-old man arrived at the emergency department having suffered from asthenia, dizziness, disorientation and ataxia for two months. He had a two-year history of heroin inhalation.

Long-term users of benzodiazepines in Colombia: Patterns of use and cessation of treatment.

Background: Benzodiazepines have low abuse potential, but patients often develop physical dependence and neurological impairments. The objective of this study was to investigate treatment cessation and use of high doses in long-term benzodiazepine users in Colombia.

Methods: Retrospective study.

Adverse drug reactions in Colombian patients, 2007-2013: Analysis of population databases.

Introduction: Recognizing adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is becoming more important in clinical practice. 

Objective: To determine the frequency of adverse drug reactions and ADR suspicions among the population affiliated to the Colombian health system and to describe the drugs, reactions and associated variables. 

Materials And Methods: We revised ADRs and ADRs suspicion databases from drugs dispensed by Audifarma, S.

Prospects for malaria elimination in Mesoamerica and Hispaniola.

Malaria remains endemic in 21 countries of the American continent with an estimated 427,000 cases per year. Approximately 10% of these occur in the Mesoamerican and Caribbean regions. During the last decade, malaria transmission in Mesoamerica showed a decrease of ~85%; whereas, in the Caribbean region, Hispaniola (comprising the Dominican Republic [DR] and Haiti) presented an overall rise in malaria transmission, primarily due to a steady increase in Haiti, while DR experienced a significant transmission decrease in this period.

Social, cultural and economic factors associated with self-medication.

Introduction: Self-medication is an increasingly frequent phenomenon worldwide; some studies suggest that there is a relationship with socio-economic and cultural factors.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of self-medication and its related factors in a Colombian city.

Materials And Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study, in Pereira, Colombia.

An economic analysis of inadequate prescription of antiulcer medications for in-hospital patients at a third level institution in Colombia.

Introduction: The prescription and costs of antiulcer medications for in-hospital use have increased during recent years with reported inadequate use and underused.

Aim: To determine the patterns of prescription-indication and also perform an economic analysis of the overcost caused by the non-justified use of antiulcer medications in a third level hospital in Colombia.

Materials And Methods: Cross-sectional study of prescription-indication of antiulcer medications for patients hospitalized in "Hospital Universitario San Jorge" of Pereira during July of 2012.