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    Prescripción de medicamentos del Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS) en niños menores de 11 años en un establecimiento de salud urbano marginal, enero–junio 2013
    (Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2015) Cabrera Palomino, Lucy; Ramos Matos, Lucinda Zelmira; Crispín Pérez, Víctor
    According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the rational use of medicines implies that patients receive drugs suitable for their clinical needs, in appropriate doses, and for an adequate duration of time. In clinical practice, most medical consultations end with a prescription. The Comprehensive Health Insurance (SIS) provides health services to populations living in extreme poverty, although with certain limitations. The main objective of this study was to evaluate medicine prescriptions under the SIS program in children under 11 years of age at the San Fernando Health Center, San Juan de Lurigancho, a primary care facility, between January and June 2013. The study population consisted of 1,214 prescriptions issued to 806 children under 11 years of age. This was a descriptive, retrospective, and observational study, based on the analysis of medical prescriptions, which were organized into databases using Microsoft Office Excel 2010. The findings showed that the largest number of prescriptions were issued for male children (418; 51.9%). The most represented age group was children aged 0–2 years (37.7%), followed by those aged 3–5 years (32.3%). The most common diagnosis was acute pharyngitis (40.3%). The therapeutic groups with the highest prescription rates were anti-inflammatory drugs (39.5%), antibiotics (25.2%), and antihistamines (20.3%). Among antibiotics, amoxicillin 250 mg/5 ml suspension (60 ml) was the most frequently prescribed (50.2%). Oral administration was the predominant route (94.1%). In conclusion, medicine prescriptions under the SIS program for children under 11 years of age were mainly associated with acute pharyngitis, with anti-inflammatory drugs, antibiotics, and antihistamines being the most frequently prescribed, especially oral formulations.