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- Title
Aspectos epidemiológicos de pacientes vitimados de escalpelamento assistidos em um hospital referência na Região Amazônica.
- Authors
Albuquerque Melo, Anderson; Oliveira Rodrigues, Alielson; da Costa Torres, Daniel; Santos Ávila, Paulo Eduardo
- Abstract
Introduction: Scalping is trauma that causes injuries due to partial or total avulsion of the scalp, caused mainly by the accidental contact of long hair with the motor shaft commonly used in vessels in the Amazon region. Objective: To analyze the epidemiological profile of scalpel victims assisted at a maternal and child referral hospital in the Amazon region. Methods: This is an epidemiological, cross-sectional, retrospective, documentary, quantitative study conducted in a referral hospital for scalpel victims, from January 2016 to December 2018. After initial screening of medical records, 40 patients met the inclusion criteria. Results: Regarding the sociodemographic data, the prevalence of females (97.5%) was found in all medical records, most of them coming from the mesoregion of Marajó (47.5%), having as main characteristic the total scalping (65.0%) per motor axis (95.0%). Among the complications found, the infection resulting from scalping presented a percentage of 12.5% (<0.001). Regarding the surgical procedures, with 17.5%, the reconstruction of the pinna and trepanning were more relevant (<0.001). Conclusion: Scalping victims spend long periods of treatment and follow-up, implying a long hospitalization process and undergoing various repair and plastic surgical interventions. In addition, the extensiveness of the treatment can cause trauma due to craniofacial and anatomophysiological changes.
- Subjects
SOUTH America; CHILD health services; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research; HOSPITAL care; INFECTION; MATERNAL health services; MEDICAL records; SCALP; VICTIMS; WOUNDS &; injuries; QUANTITATIVE research; CROSS-sectional method; RETROSPECTIVE studies; ACQUISITION of data methodology
- Publication
Fisioterapia Brasil, 2020, Vol 21, Issue 6, p571
- ISSN
1518-9740
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33233/fb.v21i6.4213