Characterization of eligible organ and tissue donors from a university hospital in the city of petrolina-pe
International Journal of Development Research
Characterization of eligible organ and tissue donors from a university hospital in the city of petrolina-pe
Received 06th January, 2022; Received in revised form 28th January, 2022; Accepted 16th February, 2022; Published online 28th February, 2022
Copyright © 2022, Lucas Borges de Oliveira 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.
Brain Death occurs when there is a total and irreversible stop of brain functions, which will result in the cessation of the functioning of other organic systems. This study aimed to know the characteristics of eligible donors of organs and tissues of a University Hospital in the city of Petrolina-PE. This is an exploratory, descriptive, documental study from January 2014 to July 2015. 115 medical records were analyzed, 60% men and 40% women, of which 56.5% were brown and 20.7% had not completed elementary school. As for the profession, 36.5% were farmers. Medical Regulation was responsible for 62.6% of case notifications. Of the variables referring to the causes of brain death, 34.8% of the cases were due to traumatic brain injury and 28.7% to hemorrhagic stroke. As for patients who had a diagnosis of traumatic brain injury, the main causes were motorcycle accidents with 75% of the cases. It was concluded that knowing the characteristics of users of an institution makes it possible to base care management and decision-making by the hospital coordination and to suggest new intervention proposals to the network.
