Farmacovigilancia: conocimiento básico de los profesionales de salud del primer nivel de atención / Pharmacovigilance: basic knowledge of health professionals of the first level of care

Se realizó un estudio de tipo observacional descriptivo, de corte transversal con el fin de determinar el grado de conocimiento básico sobre la Farmacovigilancia en los profesionales de salud que trabajan en los establecimientos de salud de primer nivel del área urbana del Municipio de Sucre - Bolivia, en el año 2019. La muestra está representada por 35 establecimientos de salud de primer nivel del área urbana del Municipio de Sucre. El presente estudio se realizó en 2 etapas. La primera etapa donde se desarrolló un cuestionario autoadministrado y en la segunda etapa se realizó la encuesta; donde solo 76 profesionales quisieron participar del estudio. Se descartaron 2 cuestionarios por diversos motivos (información incompleta), quedando así, solo 74 cuestionarios que se incluyeron en el estudio. En las consideraciones éticas se determinó por los investigadores que no era necesario el llenado de un consentimiento informado. De los datos obtenidos se observó que el conocimiento básico sobre Farmacovigilancia de los profesionales de salud que trabajan en los establecimientos de salud de primer nivel del área urbana del Municipio de Sucre, en el año 2019 se ubica en un grado medio.

A descriptive, cross-sectional observational study was carried out in order to determine the degree of basic knowledge about Pharmacovigilance in health professionals working in the first level health establishments of the urban area of the Municipality of Sucre - Bolivia, in the year 2019. The sample is represented by 35 first level health facilities in the urban area of the Municipality of Sucre. The present study was carried out in 2 stages. The first stage where a self-administered questionnaire was developed and in the second stage the survey was conducted; where only 76 professionals wanted to participate in the study. Two questionnaires were discarded for various reasons (incomplete information), leaving only 74 questionnaires that were included in the study. In the ethical considerations it was determined by the researchers that it was not necessary to fill out an informed consent. From the data obtained, it was observed that the basic knowledge about Pharmacovigilance of health professionals working in the first level health establishments of the urban area of the Municipality of Sucre, in 2019 is located in a medium degree.

Diagnóstico rápido de los principales virus respiratorios en Ciudad de la Habana, 1995-97 / Rapid diagnosis of principal respiratory viruses in the city of Havana, 1995-97

Acute respiratory diseases (ARD) are the most common infections in humans and difficult to prevent. Viruses have been recognized as predominant ethiological agents. In Cuba, ARD constitute a major problem of health and are the first cause of morbidity and important cause of mortality. In this paper, rapid diagnosis was performed to 516 clinical samples which arrived to the Reference Respiratory Viruses Laboratory of the Pedro KourÝ Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK) from different parts of Havana City during 1995, 1996 and 1997. The results obtained have shown 218 positive samples (Influenza A, 89; respiratory syncytial virus 52; Influenza B, 45; Adenovirus, 13; human parainfluenza virus(HPIV)-1, 6; HPIV-2, 3 and HPIV-3, 10). Influenza A was the virus most frequently found in adults, whereas in closed population of teen-agers and adults, Influenza B was frequently found. Furthermore, respiratory syncytial virus was the most important pathogen in children's under 1 year of age.