Head and Brain Trauma among Children and Adolescents at a Public Hospital in Recife, Brazil

Autores/as

  • Silvana Orestes-Cardoso Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE
  • Adelmo Cavalcanti Aragão-Neto Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE
  • Antonio Jorge Orestes-Cardoso Hospital Getúlio Vargas - HGV
  • Jackson Santos Lôbo Universidade Federal de Sergipe
  • Josimário João Silva Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE
  • Alan Bruno Lira Farias Universidade da Paraiba (UEPB)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9771/cmbio.v12i1.6483

Palabras clave:

Epidemiologia. Traumatismos Craniocerebrais. Prevenção de Acidentes

Resumen

Introduction: The Head and Brain Trauma (HBT) have a great potential to cause sequelae, therefore extremely important for the health professionals. Objective: The aim of this paper is to provide an epidemiological overview about HBT in a high complex health unit located in Recife, PE, Brazil. Methodology: Risk factors were divided in: Urban Violence (Road accidents, Running Over,

Firearm, Physical aggression and Melee weapon) and Non-Urban Violence (Falls, Accidental Trauma, Sports and others). Statistical analysis was performed using descriptive and inferential techniques, such as: Fisher exact test, Chi-square test, and likelihood-ratio test. The statistical significance was set at 5%. Results: HBT was present in 5.5%, predominantly between ages ranging of 0 to 19 years old (17.6%). In this amount, the male gender had higher values than female, being the most affected the age ranging from 15 to 19 years, presenting a ration of 2.4:1. Concerning etiological factors, Non-urban-violence was present in 87.8%, occurring

predominance in age ranging from 0 to 1 year old (96.2%). Conclusion: It was found prevalence of accidents among the male gender, which is a constant observed also in several other studies, however, a more alarming factor is the high rate of accidents involving young children, being indispensable the parents necessity of work, they received only essential care, being under the

tutelage of older brothers, neighbors, and even non-nuclear relatives.

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Biografía del autor/a

Silvana Orestes-Cardoso, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE

Associate Professor - Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) - PhD (Université de Paris VII, France)

Adelmo Cavalcanti Aragão-Neto, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE

Student of the Master's program in Biochemistry and Physiology (UFPE)

Antonio Jorge Orestes-Cardoso, Hospital Getúlio Vargas - HGV

Maxillofacial surgeon - Staff of Getúlio Vargas Hospital, MSc - Pernambuco University (UPE)


Jackson Santos Lôbo, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Professor - Federal University of Sergipe (UFS), PhD (UPE)

 

Josimário João Silva, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE

Professor (UFPE), PhD - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRS)

Alan Bruno Lira Farias, Universidade da Paraiba (UEPB)

Professor - Paraíba University (UEPB), MSc (UFPE)

Publicado

2013-08-21

Cómo citar

Orestes-Cardoso, S., Aragão-Neto, A. C., Orestes-Cardoso, A. J., Lôbo, J. S., Silva, J. J., & Farias, A. B. L. (2013). Head and Brain Trauma among Children and Adolescents at a Public Hospital in Recife, Brazil. Revista De Ciências Médicas E Biológicas, 12(1), 22–27. https://doi.org/10.9771/cmbio.v12i1.6483