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- Title
PROFILE OF PATIENTS ADMITTED IN A PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT OF A HOSPITAL SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OF SAO PAULO.
- Authors
Martins Faria Faddul Alves, Maria Virginia; de Oliveira Bissiguini, Priscila; Trevizani Nitsche, Maria José; Leite Rosa Olbrich, Sandra Regina; Bronzato Luppi, Claudia Helena; Ramos Toso, Lis Amanda
- Abstract
The purpose of the study was to outline the profile of patients hospitalized at the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital das Clínicas de Botucatu - UNESP. This is a descriptive, cross-sectional and quantitative study. The data were extracted from the "Discharge, Admission and Death Register" of the unit of the patients hospitalized between January and December 2011. There was predominance of male children (54.4%) under one year of age (40,7%) were, with a mean length of stay of 5.46 days. Most of these children came from cities included in the DIR XI/SP in Botucatu (78.2%). The discharge contributed with 91.1% of the total discharges from the unit. Most admissions happened during the fall and winter, with the Immediate Post-Operative (IPO - 32.3%) and respiratory diseases (24.2%) as the most frequent causes. The profile of patients at the PICU makes it possible to elucidate individual aspects, family, social, demographic, seasonal, climatic, and, also, the clinical conditions, and, thus, comprehend the context of hospitalizations, in order to propose improvements on assistance, in an individualized and integral manner, for patients and their families.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge; NOSOLOGY; PATIENTS; CRITICAL care medicine; ACADEMIC medical centers; DISEASES; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; HOSPITAL information systems; INTENSIVE care units; RESEARCH methodology; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY assurance; RURAL conditions; SEASONS; QUANTITATIVE research; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; DISCHARGE planning; CROSS-sectional method; CHILDREN
- Publication
Ciencia, Cuidado e Saude, 2014, Vol 13, Issue 2, p294
- ISSN
1677-3861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4025/cienccuidsaude.v13i2.21912