Open AccessNotification of brain death in the hospital
Author(s) -
Bruna Soares de Jesus Souza,
Gerlene Grudka Lira,
Rachel Mola
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
rev rene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2175-6783
pISSN - 1517-3852
DOI - 10.15253/2175-6783.2015000200008
Subject(s) - medicine , cause of death , significant difference , emergency medicine , medical record , medical emergency , pediatrics , disease
Objective: to identifying brain death in the hospital. Methods: it is a cross sectional and quantitative study which analyzedsecondary data extracted from the notified brain death registers and from the medical records of the eligible patients. Thedata were processed and analyzed through descriptive statistics and comparisons. Results: of the 64 cases of notifications,the male gender predominated (67.2%) within the age range from 40 to 59 years (64.1%). There was a greater proportion(71.8%) of causes of death related to Hemorrhagic Cerebral Vascular Accident and Traumatic Brain Injury caused bymotorcycle accident, showing statistically significant difference (p<0.05) regarding the gender, age and location. Conclusion:the Hemorrhagic Cerebral Vascular Accident was the most prevalent cause of notification of brain death and the IntensiveTherapy Unit was the most notified venue.