Incidencia y riesgo de caídas en pacientes tratados por neoplasias hematológicas en Unidad Hematología Intensiva

• Autor(a) principal: Lorca, Luz Alejandra
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Sacomori, Cinara, Balagué-Ávila, Valentina Paz, Pino-Márquez, Lorena Patricia, Quiroz-Vidal, Fabiola Andrea, Ortega, Leslie
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; spa; por
• Título da fonte: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rlae/article/view/161883
• topic: Falls; Hematological Neoplasms; Hospitalization; Risk; Care; Cancer; Caídas; Neoplasias Hematológicas; Hospitalización; Riesgo; Cuidados; Cáncer; Descritores: Quedas; Neoplasias Hematológicas; Hospitalização; Risco; Cuidados; Câncer

Objective: to determine the incidence and rate of risk of falls in adult patients treated for hematologic malignancies in the Intensive Hematology Unit of a reference hospital. Method: this is a retrospective observational study. A total of 101 patients were evaluated. The occurrence of falls was obtained from records of the unit and the predictive variables of the Hendrich II model were collected, namely: sex, presence of dizziness or vertigo, mental confusion, elimination problems, depression, use of benzodiazepines, use of anticonvulsants, and the Get up and Go test. Results: two fall events were reported in 101 patients (incidence of 1.98% over a 1.5- year period). Based on the cut-off point 5 of the Hendrich II Model, 30 patients (29.7%) were at risk of fall at the moment of hospital admission, 41 (40.6%) in the middle of the hospitalization period, and 38 (37.6%) at the moment of hospital discharge. Conclusions: patients treated for hematological malignancies presented low incidence and high risk of falls during hospitalization.