Characterization of individuals who went to a regional university hospital due to acquired brain injury

• Autor(a) principal: Pommerehn, Jodéli
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Fedosse, Elenir
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde (Santa Maria)
• DOI: 10.5902/2236583425473
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/25473
• topic: Brain injury; Risk factors; Hospital Care; Lesões Encefálicas; Fatores de Risco; Assistência Hospitalar

This study to describe and relate profile, risk factors and diagnosis of 60 individuals affected by Acquired Brain Injuries (ABI) who accessed, in March 2015, a Regional Hospital, from of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. It is a descriptive, exploratory and quantitative study approved by the Research Ethics Committee. The average age of the individuals was 51.33 years; most of them, 53 (88.33%) are white people and 36 (60%) are male. The prevalent diagnosis was Hemorrhagic Stroke 15 (25%), 10 (16.7%) Coinfection Neurological and 9 (15%) Central Nervous System Tumors. Such episodes were associated with risk factors − hypertension, diabetes mellitus, alcoholism, smoking and Human Immunodeficiency Virus were present in 45%, 20%, 20%, 20%, 10% respectively. These resulting from preventable causes, which means that preventive actions related to vascular, infectious and neoplastic Nervous System diseases are not yet effective.