Interferência de medicamentos em exames laboratoriais.

Abstract

Laboratory tests are important for the prevention and diagnosis of disease, aid in the treatmen t of diseases, monitoring of patients to verify the efficacy of the applied treatment and determine epidemiological data. The interference of drugs in tests performed in clinical and toxicological analysis is of paramount importance in routine laboratory t ests to interfere in and modify the clinical laboratory diagnosis, which leads to a negative false or positive f alse result, pseudo - increase or pseudo - decrease . The misdiagnosis can lead to serious health risks to patients, new clinical trials, that resul t in additional costs being so necessary. The probability of interference occurring increases as the patient uses more than one drug, which should always be checked by health professionals before the examinations. Note that the study of these important cha nges in laboratory reports by health professionals, primarily by analysts responsible for clinical laboratories.