Retrospective analysis of the prevalence and epidemiological profile of trauma patients in a secondary hospital/Analise retrospectiva da prevalencia e do perfil epidemiologico dos pacientes vitimas de trauma em um hospital secundario

The trauma consists of a physical shock of great impact resulting from an abrupt or violent action that causes damages of varying extent in the body and is considered the main cause of death in the first four decades of life. The present study aimed to collect data on trauma patients hospitalized at the public hospital of Paracatu-MG, in order to establish the prevalence of type of traumas; to characterize the victim is epidemiological profile and the main causes of the disease, to define the lethality and to inform the duration of hospitalization. This is a cross-sectional retrospective study based on the analysis of 544 medical records of traumatized patients of the Municipal Hospital of Paracatu-MG, from January to December in 2014. The results showed that the month of December was the month with the highest number of traumatized patients. There was a higher prevalence among males aged between 20-29 years. It was verified that the main cause of the injuries was accident by fall, the second most related cause was traffic accident. Violence was the third largest cause, gunshot assaults having the most significant percentage. Orthopedical traumas were the most prevalent trauma. The highest coefficient of lethality was 24%, which corresponded to severe TBI. It is concluded that there are a high number of trauma cases in Paracatu-MG, which demonstrates the need to measures to prevent domestic accidents, investments in traffic education programs, and improvement of public safety. Keywords: Wounds and injuries/epidemiology; Hospitalization; Medical records; Accidental falls; Accidentes, traffic; Violence; Brazil/epidemiology. O trauma consiste em um abalo fisico de grande impacto resultante de uma acao abrupta ou violenta que causa danos de extensao variada no organismo, sendo considerado a principal causa de morte nas primeiras quatro decadas de vida. O presente estudo teve como objetivo fazer um levantamento dos dados dos pacientes traumatizados hospitalizados no hospital publico de Paracatu-MG, para estabelecer prevalencia dos tipos de trauma, caracterizar o perfil epidemiologico das vitimas, indicar as causas mais frequentes, definir a letalidade e informar o tempo de hospitalizacao. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo transversal retrospectivo baseado na analise de todos os prontuarios de pacientes traumatizados do Hospital Municipal de Paracatu-MG, no periodo de janeiro a dezembro no ano de 2014, constituindo um universo de 544 prontuarios. Os resultados ap