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Sociedad Española de Farmacia Hospitalaria
2009
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- Study of drug dose calculation for morbidly obese patients G. Serra Soler N. Galán Ramos I. Martínez-López O. Delgado Sánchez J. Quevedo Juanals Medicina Obesity Medications Morbid obesity Recommendations Drug dosage calculations Introduction: The objective of this study is to analyse the appropriateness and characteristics of drug dose calculation for hospitalised, morbidly obese patients. Methods: Retrospective, descriptive study of dose calculations for drugs prescribed to hospitalised, morbidly obese patients in a tertiary hospital in 2007. The recommendations prepared by the Pharmacy division are used as a standard. Results: We included 62 patients. The mean number of medications prescribed per patient was 12.1 (4-39), and an average of 2.4 (1-10) are listed in the recommendations. A total of 135 drugs were prescribed. Dose calculations for 81 of the above (60%) coincided with recommendations and 54 (40%) did not; there were 51 cases of underdosing and three cases of overdosing. Discussion: Improper dosing was detected for prescriptions in the systemic antibiotic and antithrombin drug groups, with underdosing being more common than overdosing. 2009 artículo científico 1130-6343 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=365961793006 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3659 Farmacia Hospitalaria application/pdf Sociedad Española de Farmacia Hospitalaria Farmacia Hospitalaria (España) Num.6 Vol.33