English (United Kingdom)

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/featured_content/oa?rat=en

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/highlighted_journal/

Global: Zendy Plus annual

Presents the access of premium content as premium feature

Premium Content

Presents the keyphrase highlighting as premium feature

Keyphrase Highlighting

Presents the summarisation as premium feature

Summarisation

Insights

Presents the pdf analysis as premium feature

PDF Analysis

Presents the zaia usage as premium feature

ZAIA

Global: Zendy Tools annual

Global: Zendy Free Plan

Global: Zendy Tools monthly

Global: Zendy Plus monthly

Objective: To describe hospital admissions due to external causes in the municipality of Jequie, Bahia, Brazil, regarding the temporal evolution, characteristics of the individuals, the event and hospitalizations.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, carried out with data extracted from the medical records of victims of external causes hospitalized in a general hospital in the municipality of Jequie, Bahia, Brazil, from 2009 to 2013. The analyzed variables were related to the individual (gender, age group); to the event (type of external causes, characteristic of the lesion, affected body follow-up) and hospitalization (day of the week, length of stay, evolution).Results: A total of 5,532 admissions for external causes were identified, of which 73.6% were male and 22.0% of the 20-29 age group; 37.3% of hospital admissions were due to transportation accidents, with motorcyclist accidents predominating (59.7%); 27.1% had falls due to hospitalization, with a drop of the same level (61.2%). The fractures were the main lesions (43.5%), the lower limbs being the most affected body segment (29.9%).Conclusion: it was found that transport accidents, especially those involving motorcycles are the main external causes of morbidity, affecting mainly the young male population. Thus, it is necessary that the nursing team be able to identify and intervene with patients, aiming at reducing the morbidity and mortality rates due to external causes. Thus, it is necessary for the nursing team to be able to act in the prevention of external causes, as well as in the performance of a careful evaluation to identify situations of risk to the patient, aiming at reducing the morbidity and mortality rates due to external causes.

Hospitalizaciones por causas externas en el municipio de Jequié, Bahia, Brasil