Epidemiological Profile and Temporal Trends in Hospitalizations for Sepsis in Brazil: A Study from 2019 to 2023

• Autor(a) principal: Ellwanger Freire, Gabriel Henrique
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: de Moraes Machado Filho, Uéliton, Oliveira Gomes Peres Machado, Matheus, Kotula Araujo, Alef, de Barros Martins, Caio Flávio, dos Santos Martinez, Vinicius, Veloso Soares, Thaís Helena, Fraga Pinheiro, Nícolas, Pereira Borges, Amanda, Brandt Moura, Barbara
• 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/1720
• topic: Sepse; Morbidade; Epidemiologia; Brasil; Sepsis; Morbidity; Epidemiology; Brazil

More prevalent in people with compromised immune systems and chronic illnesses, sepsis is the body's inflammatory response to a serious infection that can affect multiple organs. This condition is a global problem, with millions of cases annually, resulting in high mortality rates, especially in Brazil. The study seeks to describe the epidemiological profile of hospital morbidity due to septicemia in Brazil. This is an ecological, descriptive and retrospective study, using data from the SUS Information and IT Department (DATASUS) on hospital admissions. Individuals hospitalized for septicemia in the country, from 2019 to 2023, were included. The variables analyzed were region, character service, sex and color/race. The majority of hospitalizations were urgent (95.29%), with a higher prevalence in patients aged 80 or over (21.42%). There was an almost equal distribution between the sexes, with a slight male predominance (52.05%). Regarding color/race, the majority of patients were brown (38.15%), followed by white (37.76%). From this analysis, the relevance of patient care to prevent the development of sepsis and address it appropriately stands out.