A review of opioid prescription in a teaching hospital in Colombia
Moyano Acevedo, Jairo Ricardo (Hospital Universitario Fundación Santafé de Bogotá)
Figueras, Albert 1961- (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Farmacologia, de Terapèutica i de Toxicologia)

Data:	2012
Resum:	Introduction: Review of opioid prescriptions in a hospital provides valuable information to health care professionals which may contribute to proper pain management; opioid utilization studies may help uncover factors that can be improved for better prescribing. To evaluate the use of opioid analgesics in a university hospital, a review of opioids prescribed in hospitalized patients was developed. Methods: Information was obtained from the pharmacy database and medical records. The study period was 1 month. Results: Medical records of 1156 patients admitted in July 2009 were analyzed. The most widely prescribed opioid was tramadol; the preferred administration route was intravenous; the main indication was severe pain; and major prescribers were from surgical departments. Discussion: Underutilization of potent opioids for acute and chronic pain seems to occur. Conclusion: Most prescribers prefer weak opioids, given intravenously to treat acute and chronic pain, while some patients may benefit from the prescription of more potent opioids.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Drug utilization ; Hydromorphone ; Morphine ; Pain ; Pethidine ; Tramadol
Publicat a:	Journal of Pain Research, Vol. 5 (2012) , p. 237-242, ISSN 1178-7090

DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S32603
PMID: 23049273

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