Citation

Lima RS, Campos ML. Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP 2011; 45(3): 659-664.

Vernacular Title

Perfil do idoso vitima de trauma atendido em uma Unidade de Urgencia e

Affiliation

Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Universidade de Sao Paulo)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21710072

Abstract

The objective of this study was to identify the epidemiological profile of elderly victims assisted at the Emergency unit of a university hospital. This is a quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study. Data treatment was performed using descriptive statistics, charts and tables. Most victims lived in de Campinas (93.5%) and were females (66.7%) with ages between 70 and 74, and presented comorbidities (77.8%), of which arterial hypertension was the most common. As for the type of accident that resulted in the trauma, the highest incidence was falling from their own height (79.6%). The resulting lesions were characterized by the predominance of superficial lesions (22.7%) followed by mild brain injury (15.1%). As to the victim's destination in the first 24 hours, 49.1% were discharged and 22.2% were admitted for surgery.

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