Tipos de discrepancias en la conciliación de medicamentos en pacientes hospitalizados

Abstract

Medications are the essential part of the therapy of patients who need to relieve their ailments. These are involved in the care process, therefore, proper use must be guaranteed. Medical care includes the transition of the patient to admission, change of service or hospital discharge, which when there is an inequality of their drug regimen, becomes a conciliation error. The pharmaceutical biochemist is one of the professionals who through his pharmaceutical council encourages and monitors the correct use of drugs. The methodology used was carried out through a theoretical analysis by reviewing scientific articles that support the frequency of discrepancies in the reconciliation of medications. The results obtained by reviewing ten scientific articles indicate a high frequency of discrepancies in the reconciliation of medications, where discrepancies are not justified, according to the studies conducted by Contreras M., et, al. and Rentero L., et, al, are 63.1% and 60.4% respectively. The types of discrepancies, were the omission of some medication and the change of the dose among the most representative, and the severity, is distributed in those without potential damage, those that require monitoring and potential damage. It is concluded that, the reconciliation of medications allows to prevent and reduce medication errors and conciliation, and the pharmacist is an active participant in the constant monitoring of pharmacological therapy, in order to reduce these errors and increase the quality of care in patients.