Title
TRENDS IN DRUGS USAGE FOR COVID-19 DURING THE FIRST WAVE OF THE PANDEMIC IN A HOSPITAL IN LIMA, PERU
Other title
[TENDENCIAS EN EL USO DE FÁRMACOS PARA LA COVID-19 DURANTE LA PRIMERA OLA DE LA PANDEMIA EN UN HOSPITAL DE LIMA, PERÚ]
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the pharmacological trends in patients with COVID-19 from a hospital in Peru during the first wave of the pandemic. Retrospective study conducted between April and September 2020. The medical records of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia at the Dos de Mayo National Hospital (Lima, Peru) were reviewed. Of a total of 3103 patients, 381 medical records were included (77.4% male, median age: 44 years). The use of four prehospital drugs increased (azithromycin, ivermectin, corticosteroids, and ceftriaxone), while the in-hospital use of six drugs (ceftriaxone, azithromycin, hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, corticosteroid pulse, and prophylactic anticoagulation) decreased and in-hospital anticoagulation use decreased. These findings suggest that the management of COVID-19 has varied during the first wave of the pandemic, typically increasing prehospital drug use and decreasing inpatient use.
Start page
608
End page
614
Volume
38
Issue
4
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Epidemiología
Farmacología, Farmacia
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85124556574
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus