TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Profile of the elderly trauma victims assisted at an Emergency Unit
JO  - Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P
A1  - Lima, Rogério Silva
A1  - Campos, Maria Luíza Pesse
SP  - 659
EP  - 664
VL  - 45
IS  - 3
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: pt</p>
LA  - pt
SN  - 0080-6234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -