Epidemiological profile of pediatric patients hospitalized in a small hospital in the Brazilian Northeast
International Journal of Development Research
Epidemiological profile of pediatric patients hospitalized in a small hospital in the Brazilian Northeast
Received 15th March, 2018; Received in revised form 20th April, 2018; Accepted 27th May, 2018; Published online 30th June, 2018.
Copyright © 2018, Maria Jamily Tavares Leal Vidal. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The objective of this study was to identify the characteristics and the profile of pediatric hospitalizations in hospitals of the public health system in the Northeast of Brazil. A retrospective study was carried out, consisting of 82 children who were hospitalized in a small public hospital in the Brazilian northeast. It was found that 52.4% of the children were female, while 47.5% were male. It was observed that 100% of the interviewees were of the brown color, where 56% lived in the rural area and 44% lived in the urban area. Among the diseases, the most prevalent was pneumonia with 39.02%, followed by the asthmatic crisis with 23.17%. Regarding evolution, it was observed that 88% of children evolved with cure, 5% were transferred and 7% were discharged at the request of parents or guardians. Knowledge of the profile of hospitalized children can be useful in the institutional programming related to the adequate care strategy of this population, in addition to contributing to improve knowledge about the epidemiological and administrative aspects of the hospital service, as well as the implementation of preventive actions and measures, to management, treatment and follow-up of children.