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| Title: | Informações sobre vítimas de causas externas atendidas no pronto socorro e liberadas: Araras, SP. |
| Authors: | FOGAÇA, Luiz Fernado |
| ???metadata.dc.advisor???: | KOIZUMI, Maria Sumie |
| Keywords: | Emergência médica
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| Issue Date: | 2007 |
| Series/Report no.: | 610.7361 F655i |
| Abstract: | This is a descriptive and retrospective study of quantitative approach of victims of external causes who were assisted at Emergency Rooms (ER). External causes include accidents and violence in general and are described as transportation accidents, homicides, falls, suicides and others, according to what is stated in the International Classification of Diseases - ICD-10. These illnesses are regarded as public health issues, burdening the health system and resulting in high costs. Usually, the victims who are assisted and discharged have an Ambulatory Care Form (ACF), which is filled out at the Emergency Room. Nevertheless, these data are not included in any accessible information system. Therefore, the aim of this study is to analyze quantitatively the items comprised in the Records of the Epidemiologic Vigilance Center (REVC) / State Department of Health of São Paulo), based on the data described in the ACF of victims of external causes assisted in the ER of the town of Araras and discharged from it, and to analyze the data obtained concerning variables which are significant from the epidemiologic point of view, as well as the types of external causes (accidents and violence) and injuries. The study was performed in June and July 2006. The forms were read and transcribed from the ACF to the REVC, making sure that the forms of the same victim were not multiplied. No item was left blank and a negative sign was inserted in order to avoid unanswered items. The population studied consisted of 2503 victims assisted in the ER and later discharged. Gender, age, town of residence were filled out 100%; type of injury, 98.24%; part of the body affected, 94.85%; type of external causes 57.45%; aggressor 9.42%; means of getting to the hospital 9.23%; location of the occurrence, 7.19%. Race, profession, level of education, suspicion of mistreatment and intentionality were equal to zero. Males were predominant in relation to females by a 1.8:1 ratio. Ages from 10 to 39 years (59.81%) were frequent and most of the victims came from their own municipality (97%). In the accident category, falls (33.59%) ranked first, followed by other accidents (27.96%) and transportation accidents (22.53%). Under the fall category, most occurred from the height of the victim itself. Under other accidents, the study showed: foreign bodies, accidental impact against objects or people, cuts, perforations or dog bites. Under transportation accidents, the most frequent victims were motorcyclists and cyclists. Under violence (11.68%), aggressions were the most frequent type. As for the number of injuries, 2280 (91.10%) victims reported at least one injury. The most frequent types were: contusions, cuts, perforations or lacerations and a set of other injuries that had not been included in the REVC records. In this group, traumas (with no other specification) and excoriations were predominant. The most affected body segments were: upper limbs, lower limbs, head and neck. The injury-per-victim average was 1.06 and all the victims analyzed were discharged from the ER with no requirement to stay in the hospital for treatment. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/204 |
| ???metadata.dc.type.dissertation???: | Dissertação |
| Appears in Collections: | Enfermagem: Coleção de Dissertações, Mestrado.
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