Factors associated with mortality from external causes in an Intensive Care Unit
| Autor: | Deisiane Rodrigues de Araújo, Juliana da Silva Oliveira, Cleber Souza de Jesus, Sheylla Nayara Sales Vieira, Valéria Pereira Ribeiro |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | O Mundo da Saúde, Vol 46, Pp 472-482 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0104-7809 1980-3990 |
| Popis: | The demographic and epidemiological profile of mortality in Brazil is marked by an increasing number of external causes, which generates a financial impact for the Unified Health System due to the increase in hospital admissions, especially in Intensive Care Units. This study aimed to analyze the factors associated with mortality from external causes in an intensive care unit. This is a cross-sectional survey, based on secondary data, carried out in an Intensive Care Unit in 2019. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, to verify the factors associated with hospital mortality, the Qui-squared and Pearson's tests were used. There were 267 (26.72%) admissions to the Intensive Care Unit, of which 49 (18.4%) died. There was an association of death with the variables: sex (p=0.003), age group (p |
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