Internação hospitalar de motociclistas acidentados no Estado da Bahia

Abstract

Hospital interior of biochemists accidented in the state of Bahia. Accidents involving motorcycles and their social and economic costs to society are widely debated and discussed today, since trauma is responsible for numerous cases of hospitalization, injuries to target organs and sequelae; Besides being the main cause of death in young people and in the economically active population. The objective of the study was to characterize the epidemiological profile of hospitalizations due to traffic accidents involving motorcyclists in the state of Bahia. Methods It is an aggregate study based on secondary data obtained from SIH / DATASUS; The cases reported as a motorcycle accident involving a motorcyclist (ICD-10: V20-V29) were used, whose place of hospitalization was the state of Bahia in the period from 2008 to 2015. The data were analyzed in a descriptive way, using numbers Absolute and relative. The variables analyzed were: sociodemographic characteristics, geographical distribution, mean length of hospital stay, hospitalization hospital stay, hospital discharge by death and financial cost by Health Macroregion and Year. Results: A total of 33,706 admissions were found. Concerning the sociodemographic profile, 85.3% occurred in males, brown (18.7%), followed by whites (2.5%), in the age group 20-29 years (34.3%); On average, hospitalization lasted 4.2 days. In the Eastern and Central-Eastern Macroregions, the highest number of hospitalizations for motorcycle accidents occurred, which corresponds to the highest absolute cost due to these accidents. The highest incidence is in the North Macroregion (76.0 / 100,000) and the highest percentage growth in the West (7716.6%). The North had the highest per capita cost (R $ 61.7 / 100). The highest hospital lethality occurs in the Central East, with 4.1 during the period. The Geral do Estado hospital was the one that most attended accident victims in the state. Conclusion: It is concluded that it is a public health problem in Bahia, mainly due to the high number of hospitalizations due to motorcycle accident, and that education and prevention in actions to control motorcycle accidents is essential, seeking a reduction in the mortality and physical incapacity of the victims post-trauma.