Epidemiologia das ocorrências pediátricas de urgência e emergência epidemiology of urgent and emergency pediatric events
International Journal of Development Research
Epidemiologia das ocorrências pediátricas de urgência e emergência epidemiology of urgent and emergency pediatric events
Received 08th April, 2020; Received in revised form 20th May, 2020; Accepted 11th June, 2020; Published online 30th July, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Jaiane Oliveira Costa et al. 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.
Objective: to characterize the epidemiology of pediatric occurrences attended by a mobile emergency service, including age group, sex andtype of occurrence, identification of symptoms and diseases and association of variables. Methods: the research is quantitative descriptive, carried out using data from attendance records in 2018, collected with a structured instrument and analyzed statistically. Results: there was a high number of clinical events (56.6%) and a higher incidence in school children (44.8%) and males (55.7%). There was a significant association between age and type of occurrence (P <0.001). Conclusions: it is up to the health services, both primary and urgent education centers, to intensify their prevention activities, in addition to providing guidance on the monitoring of chronic conditions through home visits.
