Use of analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs before assistance in a children's first aid unit

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Autor(a) principal: Prolungatti,Camila Nogueira
Data de Publicação: 2014
Outros Autores: Garcia,Rita de Cássia da Silva Rodrigues, Cintra,Silvia Maira Pereira, Análio,Rosemeire Isabel Ramos, Pires,Oscar César
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista Dor
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Resumo: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Drug administration to children is a widely spread practice, however it may lead to several health problems, because in addition to medical guidance it requires attention of parents and caregivers. This study aimed at identifying the prevalence of drug administration in children by their tutors, before medical assistance.METHODS:This is a quantitative descriptive research involving adults who were escorting children, before medical assistance in a Children's First Aid Unit of a medium-sized city of the Vale do Paraíba Paulista in the months of June, July and August 2011, being data recorded by means of a specific form.RESULTS:Participated in the study 105 adults responsible for the children who reported that 71.42% of children were medicated before medical assistance and only 28.58% have not adopted such practice. Most frequent symptom was fever, present in 40% of participants, and drugs used were paracetamol and dipirone.CONCLUSION:Our results allow concluding that there has been a high rate of drug administration to children before medical assistance, with predominance of non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs, which may be noxious to health. It is clear the need for the adoption of measures which favor the access to health services, in addition to the awareness about the risk of administering drugs without medical prescription.
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spelling Use of analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs before assistance in a children's first aid unitAnalgesicsAnti-inflammatory drugsChildrenSelf-medicationBACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Drug administration to children is a widely spread practice, however it may lead to several health problems, because in addition to medical guidance it requires attention of parents and caregivers. This study aimed at identifying the prevalence of drug administration in children by their tutors, before medical assistance.METHODS:This is a quantitative descriptive research involving adults who were escorting children, before medical assistance in a Children's First Aid Unit of a medium-sized city of the Vale do Paraíba Paulista in the months of June, July and August 2011, being data recorded by means of a specific form.RESULTS:Participated in the study 105 adults responsible for the children who reported that 71.42% of children were medicated before medical assistance and only 28.58% have not adopted such practice. Most frequent symptom was fever, present in 40% of participants, and drugs used were paracetamol and dipirone.CONCLUSION:Our results allow concluding that there has been a high rate of drug administration to children before medical assistance, with predominance of non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs, which may be noxious to health. It is clear the need for the adoption of measures which favor the access to health services, in addition to the awareness about the risk of administering drugs without medical prescription.Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo da Dor2014-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-00132014000200096Revista Dor v.15 n.2 2014reponame:Revista Dorinstname:Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo da Dor (SBED)instacron:SBED10.5935/1806-0013.20140028info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessProlungatti,Camila NogueiraGarcia,Rita de Cássia da Silva RodriguesCintra,Silvia Maira PereiraAnálio,Rosemeire Isabel RamosPires,Oscar Césareng2015-09-25T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1806-00132014000200096Revistahttps://www.scielo.br/j/rdor/ONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpdor@dor.org.br||dor@dor.org.br2317-63931806-0013opendoar:2015-09-25T00:00Revista Dor - Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo da Dor (SBED)false
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title Use of analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs before assistance in a children's first aid unit
spellingShingle Use of analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs before assistance in a children's first aid unit
Prolungatti,Camila Nogueira
Analgesics
Anti-inflammatory drugs
Children
Self-medication
title_short Use of analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs before assistance in a children's first aid unit
title_full Use of analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs before assistance in a children's first aid unit
title_fullStr Use of analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs before assistance in a children's first aid unit
title_full_unstemmed Use of analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs before assistance in a children's first aid unit
title_sort Use of analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs before assistance in a children's first aid unit
author Prolungatti,Camila Nogueira
author_facet Prolungatti,Camila Nogueira
Garcia,Rita de Cássia da Silva Rodrigues
Cintra,Silvia Maira Pereira
Análio,Rosemeire Isabel Ramos
Pires,Oscar César
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author2 Garcia,Rita de Cássia da Silva Rodrigues
Cintra,Silvia Maira Pereira
Análio,Rosemeire Isabel Ramos
Pires,Oscar César
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author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Prolungatti,Camila Nogueira
Garcia,Rita de Cássia da Silva Rodrigues
Cintra,Silvia Maira Pereira
Análio,Rosemeire Isabel Ramos
Pires,Oscar César
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Analgesics
Anti-inflammatory drugs
Children
Self-medication
topic Analgesics
Anti-inflammatory drugs
Children
Self-medication
description BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Drug administration to children is a widely spread practice, however it may lead to several health problems, because in addition to medical guidance it requires attention of parents and caregivers. This study aimed at identifying the prevalence of drug administration in children by their tutors, before medical assistance.METHODS:This is a quantitative descriptive research involving adults who were escorting children, before medical assistance in a Children's First Aid Unit of a medium-sized city of the Vale do Paraíba Paulista in the months of June, July and August 2011, being data recorded by means of a specific form.RESULTS:Participated in the study 105 adults responsible for the children who reported that 71.42% of children were medicated before medical assistance and only 28.58% have not adopted such practice. Most frequent symptom was fever, present in 40% of participants, and drugs used were paracetamol and dipirone.CONCLUSION:Our results allow concluding that there has been a high rate of drug administration to children before medical assistance, with predominance of non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs, which may be noxious to health. It is clear the need for the adoption of measures which favor the access to health services, in addition to the awareness about the risk of administering drugs without medical prescription.
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