2017-02-012017-02-012015-02-23SOUSA, Kassio Cardoso. Perfil de utilização de antimicrobianos em pacientes idosos de um hospital universitário de Belém. 2015. 74 f. Dissertação (Mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Belém, Ano de defesa. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas.https://repositorio.ufpa.br/handle/2011/7513The medicine progress and improvement in general life conditions of the population led to the increase of life expectancy and contributed to population aging. There are important clinical characteristics in elderly people as the fact that those individuals show a series of alterations which interfere directly in the pharmacokinetics’ processes. The medicines constitute the most used treatments within health services, in the knowledge that, in developing countries, around 30% of the health resources are destined to those products. In that way Studies of Medicines Use are important strategic tools for the rationalization of the drugs’ use. That being so this research has as a goal to investigate the profile of prescription and use of antimicrobials for elderly persons interned in the clinics: medical clinics, clinics of infectious and parasitic diseases, the intensive treatment center and the surgical clinic of the academic Hospital João Barros Barreto (HUJBB) in the period from 2009 to 2012, aiming for observing the initiatives directed to the patient security regarding the antimicrobials use. It consists in a transversal study, observational and characteristically descriptive. The sample was composed of 299 recorded and interned patients who received the treatment with at least one antimicrobial on a regular basis. In relation to the socio-demographic profile of the elderly patients admitted in the HUJBB during the studying period, it was noticed that the most frequent gender was the feminine with 44%, and the average of the internship duration was of 18,90 days, and the most frequent age range stood between 60 and 70 years old with 46,15%, the civil status was married with 52,21%, declaring themselves ―pardos*‖ (69,90%), coming from the capital city (72,24%) and with an internship duration until 30 days utmost (82,94%). About the profile of prescription and use of antimicrobials for the elderly patients, was spotted that the cephalosporin category of third generation was the most proscribed with 29,94%, followed by the quinolones with 17,15% and Macrolides with 9,30%. Among the 23 antimicrobials found in the medicals prescriptions, the ceftriaxone was the most used with 20,13% followed by the ceftazidime with 10,50% and the clarithromycin with 9,85%. The most frequent pathologies reached the respiratory tract with: DPOC (10,16%), bronchiectasis infecting (8,07%) and pneumonia (4,30%) and the most frequent administration route used for elderly people was the intravenous with 84%. Combining the infection state of the respiratory tract (28,13%) with the most frequent use of antimicrobials of the cephalosporin category and the quinolones’ one, 47,09% were totalized. As for the clinical state outcome, 72% of the patients were discharged. The prescription profile for the rational use of antimicrobials for elderly people is provided in the advocated directives for the rational use of the medicines, as well as intended for the patient security.Acesso AbertoAntimicrobianosAgentes antiinfecciososIdososUso de medicamentosHospital Universitário João de Barros BarretoDissertaçãoCNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::FARMACIA::FARMACOTECNIA