Uso de benzodiazepinas en adultos mayores en América Latina

Background: Growing information has emphasized the risk of benzodiazepines (BZD), particularly among the elderly. However, the information available in Latin America is scarce. Aim: to review the available information on the use of BZD in older adults in Latin America to achieve an overview of the i...

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Autores principales:	Gómez,Saúl, León,Tomás, Macuer,Maximiliano, Alves,Mariana, Ruiz,Sergio
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2017
Materias:	Aged Benzodiazepines Frail Elderly Latin America
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720170003000092017-05-18Uso de benzodiazepinas en adultos mayores en América LatinaGómez,SaúlLeón,TomásMacuer,MaximilianoAlves,MarianaRuiz,Sergio Aged Benzodiazepines Frail Elderly Latin America Background: Growing information has emphasized the risk of benzodiazepines (BZD), particularly among the elderly. However, the information available in Latin America is scarce. Aim: to review the available information on the use of BZD in older adults in Latin America to achieve an overview of the information currently available, and a thorough understanding of this phenomenon in our region. Methods: A systematic review with MeSH terms elderly, latinamerican and benzodiazepines was performed in PubMed and with each Latin American country. A search in databases SciELO and LILACS was also performed. In all, 126 items of finally selected 21 that met the inclusion criteria. Results: Studies show that consumption of benzodiazepines in the elderly population in Latin America is high, with a preponderance of long half-life benzodiazepines in women, and frequent self-medication. Conclusions: The revised articles establish the importance of further study of the phenomenon of the use of benzodiazepines in our elderly population. Strikingly, scientific information is scarce, with most studies coming from only one country (Brazil). Moreover, most of them are transversal and descriptive, with few studies that explore long-term side effects, or specific hypotheses. Further studies should address these important issues.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.145 n.3 20172017-03-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872017000300009es10.4067/S0034-98872017000300009
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spellingShingle	Aged Benzodiazepines Frail Elderly Latin America Gómez,Saúl León,Tomás Macuer,Maximiliano Alves,Mariana Ruiz,Sergio Uso de benzodiazepinas en adultos mayores en América Latina
description	Background: Growing information has emphasized the risk of benzodiazepines (BZD), particularly among the elderly. However, the information available in Latin America is scarce. Aim: to review the available information on the use of BZD in older adults in Latin America to achieve an overview of the information currently available, and a thorough understanding of this phenomenon in our region. Methods: A systematic review with MeSH terms elderly, latinamerican and benzodiazepines was performed in PubMed and with each Latin American country. A search in databases SciELO and LILACS was also performed. In all, 126 items of finally selected 21 that met the inclusion criteria. Results: Studies show that consumption of benzodiazepines in the elderly population in Latin America is high, with a preponderance of long half-life benzodiazepines in women, and frequent self-medication. Conclusions: The revised articles establish the importance of further study of the phenomenon of the use of benzodiazepines in our elderly population. Strikingly, scientific information is scarce, with most studies coming from only one country (Brazil). Moreover, most of them are transversal and descriptive, with few studies that explore long-term side effects, or specific hypotheses. Further studies should address these important issues.
author	Gómez,Saúl León,Tomás Macuer,Maximiliano Alves,Mariana Ruiz,Sergio
author_facet	Gómez,Saúl León,Tomás Macuer,Maximiliano Alves,Mariana Ruiz,Sergio
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title	Uso de benzodiazepinas en adultos mayores en América Latina
title_short	Uso de benzodiazepinas en adultos mayores en América Latina
title_full	Uso de benzodiazepinas en adultos mayores en América Latina
title_fullStr	Uso de benzodiazepinas en adultos mayores en América Latina
title_full_unstemmed	Uso de benzodiazepinas en adultos mayores en América Latina
title_sort	uso de benzodiazepinas en adultos mayores en américa latina
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2017
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Uso de benzodiazepinas en adultos mayores en América Latina

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