Rev. OFIL 2017, 27;4:393-395
Fecha de recepción: 02/11/2016 – Fecha de aceptación: 28/02/2017
Franco Sereno MT1, Pérez Serrano R1, Polanco Rayo MJ2, Abdel-Hadi Álvarez H2
1 Especialista en Farmacia Hospitalaria. Facultativo Especialista de Área. Servicio de Farmacia
2 Especialista en Medicina Intensiva. Facultativo Especialista de Área. Servicio de Medicina Intensiva
Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real (España)
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Correspondencia:
María Teresa Franco Sereno
Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real
(Servicio de Farmacia)
C/Obispo Rafael Torija, s/n
13005 Ciudad Real
Correo electrónico: mtfranco@sescam.jccm.es
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SUMMARY
Admitted patients to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are at high risk for medication errors. Several studies have shown that daily participation of a clinical pharmacist in the ICU could improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the treatment, and also it could reduce the number of medication errors.
We describe a case of an admitted patient to ICU who presents infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which increases the pharmacotherapy complexity and therefore, the probability of drug-related problems (DRP).
The integration of the pharmacist in the clinical team of intensive care and detection of problems such as: omission treatments, inappropriate administrations and interactions, avoided potential DRP in the patient that could have compromised the therapy effectiveness and the case resolution.
Key Words: ICU, HIV, clinical pharmacist, antiretroviral therapy, interactions, pharmaceutical care, medication errors, DRP.
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