posted on 2020-04-22, 02:43authored byLuiza Braz da Cunha Lopes, Raquel Rodrigues Pereira, Patricia Mello Andrade, Fernanda Martins Carneiro, Mauro Felippe Felix Mediano, Sophia Isabel Linnemann Kilgore, Alejandro Marcel Hasslocher-Moreno, Andréa Silvestre de Sousa, Manoel Marques Evangelista Oliveira, Roberto Magalhães Saraiva, Marcelo Teixeira de Holanda, Gilberto Marcelo Sperandio da Silva
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Herein, we aimed to identify the factors associated with adverse drug events (ADEs) in chronic Chagas disease (CD) patients. METHODS: We analyzed 320 medical notes from 295 patients. The Naranjo algorithm was applied to determine the cause of ADEs. Mixed effects logistic regression was performed to evaluate the factors associated with ADEs. RESULTS: ADEs were described in 102 medical notes (31.9%). Captopril was most frequently associated with ADEs. Age (RR 0.96; 95%CI 0.94-0.99) and cardiac C/D stages (RR 3.24; 95%CI 1.30-4.58) were the most important clinical factors associated with ADEs. CONCLUSIONS: Close follow-up is warranted for CD patients.