de Oliveira Beatriz Rosana Gonçalves, Viera Cláudia Silveira, Furtado Maria Cândida de Carvalho, de Mello Débora Faleiros, de Lima Regina Aparecida Garcia
Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Cascavel, PR, Brasil.
Rev Bras Enferm. 2012 Jul-Aug;65(4):586-93. doi: 10.1590/s0034-71672012000400006.
One aimed to know the causes of hospitalization among children under five years in a public hospital in Paraná to subsidize nursing actions. A descriptive, quantitative, exploratory study was carried out, with inferential statistical analysis. One assessed 722 medical records from 2005-2009. It was observed that children under one year had more hospitalizations (42%) than those with one to five years; a higher percentage of male admissions (65%); respiratory diseases predominated (56%) compared to all other; mean length of stay of 9.4 days for those under one year and 8.3 days for children under five years; 95% were discharged as the outcome. This profile helps to direct nursing care, incorporating the data in planning, both in primary care and in hospital.
