GUIA DE ANTIMICROBIANOS

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About this app

Infectious and parasitic diseases are still important causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In the last 5 years in our country, according to data from DATASUS, about 300 thousand people died due to complications of infectious diseases; in this same period, our health system spent about 4 billion reais on the in-hospital treatment of these diseases.

In order for our patients not to be part of this sad statistic, we must do our part, indicating effective treatments and propagating equally important safety measures in handling infections! And all this you find in the ANTIMICROBIAL GUIDE!

A complete application on the subject, like no other in our country! Do not be deceived ... the world's best-known antimicrobial guide, although carefully crafted, contains several flaws in indications for the treatment of our patients; after all, the antimicrobial susceptibility profile of etiological agents varies greatly from country to country. Thus, for a greater effectiveness in the therapeutic indication, only knowing the agents that infect our population ...

In the ANTIMICROBIAL GUIDE you will find:

- Therapeutic indications for more than 500 different infections, in adults and children, all based on BRAZILIAN consensuses, of recognized specialty societies (Soc. Brasileira de Cardiologia, Soc. Bras. Pediatria, Soc. Bras. Pneumologia e Tisiologia, Soc. Otorhinolaryngology, etc).

- PROFILAXIAS IN SURGERY - indications according to the type of surgery; the right antimicrobial, timely and administered at the ideal time ... the key to reducing postoperative infectious complications!

- UPDATED DRUG GUIDE, with about 100 summarized antimicrobial package inserts, with information such as: Active Principle, Commercial Names, Indications, Precautions, Pediatric and Adult Doses, Adverse Effects and yet MODEL OF DILUTION AND ADMINISTRATION, CORRECTION FOR RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CLASSIFICATION OF RISK IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION, among other essential information.

- EXTRA: texts prepared by a multiprofessional team, composed of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and microbiologists, with precious information such as:

. PHARMACOLOGICAL GUIDE UPDATED with information on all classes of drugs used in our country (antibacterial, antimycobacterial, antifungal, anthelmintic, antiprotozoal, antiviral ...), with explanations about the mechanism of action of various drugs;

.THE MOST COMMON BACTERIA - text that classifies the 180 bacteria most commonly involved in human infections;

.ORIORATIONS - for prophylaxis in cases of: Tetanus, Rabies, Accidents with Biological Risk, Invasive Aspergillosis;

. PRECAUTIONS AND ISOLATIONS - some infections require special care so that no accidental contagion occurs. When and how to do "ISOLATION OF CONTACT"? What kind of "RESPIRATORY INSULATION" should I do for patients with BK? ... Know what to do and how to do it in the most varied situations!

Our application used as bibliographical references, among others, the following publications:

- BRAZILIAN PEDIATRICS SOCIETY. Antimicrobial course in pediatric clinical practice: practical guide for management in the outpatient clinic, in the emergency and in the ward, 2003.

- FACULTY OF MEDICINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO. Guide to the use of anti-infectives and recommendations for prevention of hospital infections. 4. ed. São Paulo: FMUSP, 2009-2011.

- TAVARES, W. Antibiotics and chemotherapy for the clinician. 2. ed. Rio de Janeiro: Atheneu, 2009.

- Brazilian guidelines on community-acquired pneumonia in pediatrics 2007. Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, Brasília, v. 33 n. (Supll 1), p.S31-S50. 2007.

- BRAZILIAN DIRECTOR OF VALVOPATHIES - Brazilian Society of Cardiology 2011 / I Inter-American Valvopathic Guidelines - SIAC 2011 Arq Bras Cardiol 97 (5 supl.1): 1-67, 2011.