Epidemiological analysis of hospitalizations for traumatic brain injury

• Autor(a) principal: Firmino, Jaqueline Aparecida Vieira
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Borges de Freitas , Gabriel, Lorraine Meiado Bochini , Larissa, Andrade, Roseli Pereira, Araujo, Artur Henrique Sampaio Lima, Almeida, Juliana Vinhas de, Pinheiro, Pedro Bragagnolo, Silva, Rafael Augusto Soares da, Pereira , Maria Elionara Silva, Zanoni, Rodrigo Daniel
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Implantology and Health Sciences
• Texto Completo: https://bjihs.emnuvens.com.br/bjihs/article/view/448
• topic: Adolescente; Criança; Epidemiologia; Traumatismo Cerebrovascular; Adolescent; Child; Epidemiology; Cerebrovascular Trauma

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is considered a public health problem, especially among children between 0 and 4 years old and adolescents between 15 and 19 years old. The present study proposes to analyze hospitalizations due to Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in the pediatric population, in Brazil and its regions, in the last 5 years. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study, with a documentary approach, using secondary data collected at the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System. In conclusion, from the Southeast region, male and of brown ethnicity, and the year of greatest involvement was 2018.