Journal of Aging Science

Positivo University (UP), R. Professor Pedro Viriato Parigot de Souza, 5300, Campo Comprido, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Biography

Graduated in Pharmacy and Biochemistry at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (2007), Received Doctorate in Biotechnological Processes at the Federal University of Paraná - UFPR (2012), Worked as Research Professor at the Pelé Pequeno Príncipe Research Institute (2016) and Researcher at the core of Tissue Regeneration at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná. Member of the Research Group CEPUCPR - Experimental Surgery at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (2008), he is currently Assistant Professor at Universidade Positivo and Invited Professor at the Post-Graduate Course in Biomedical Engineering UTFPR - , stricto sensu

Publications

• Research Article   
  Oral Administration of Poly-pharmacy in Institutionalized Elderly Patients with Dysphagia
  Author(s): Julio C. Francisco*, Bárbara Marin de Oliveira, Denise Faucz Kletemberg, Kátia Renata Antunes Kochla, Ricardo C. Cunha, Luiz Cesar Guarita- Souza, Rossana B. Simeoni and Rodrigo G. M. Silvestre
  
  Background: Poly-pharmacy in older people is a major concern in nursing home residents. Different factors can modify oral medications status like swallowing difficulties. Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the drug-food interactions in institutionalized elderly with dysphagia. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted with individualized data for 16 institutionalized older people ≥ 65 years of both sexes (13 women, 3 men) were examined from the Curitiba of Paraná State, Brazil. Data were collected from medical prescriptions and patients medical records. The prescriptions were analyzed for the potential drug interactions using the ATC (Anatomic Therapeutic Chemical) classification proposed by the World Health Organization. This Study all participants signed the informed cons.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2329-8847.19.07.200

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