RESUMEN
Se efectuó un estudio descriptivo y transversal, con vistas a identificar las reacciones adversas a medicamentos en el Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico "Saturnino Lora Torres" de Santiago de Cuba, durante el 2014. Se notificaron 107 reacciones adversas, 73 (68,2 %) por los licenciados en enfermería y 29 (27,1 %) por los médicos; entre ellas sobresalieron: escalofríos, ansiedad y tos. El sexo femenino y las enfermedades concomitantes condicionaron la aparición de dichas reacciones. Primaron los antibacterianos y antihipertensivos como los grupos farmacológicos principales, el factor de crecimiento y el captopril como los medicamentos con mayor incidencia y árnica como remedio homeopático.
A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out, aimed at identifying the adverse reactions to drugs in "Saturnino Lora Torres" Teaching Clinical Surgical Provincial Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, during 2014. One hundred and seven adverse effects were notified, 73 (68.2%) by the Licentiates in Nursing and 29 (27.1%) by the doctors; among them chills, anxiety and cough highlighted. The female sex and the concomitant diseases conditioned the emergence of these reactions. The antibacterial and antihypertensive prevailed as the main pharmacological groups, the growth factor and captopril as the drugs with higher incidence and arnica as homeopathic remedy.