Características clínico-epidemiológicas das crianças indígenas internadas por doenças infecto-parasitárias na Enfermaria de Pediatria Clínica do Hospital Universitário de Brasília

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2008

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INTRODUCTION: The indigenous population is a segment of Brazilian society who needs special health care. The incidence and distribution of its main health problems are not known enough. The child mortality is higher than the non-indigenous population, particularly due to infectious diseases. The study of its clinical and epidemiological characteristics of indigenous children with infectious diseases, treated in reference hospital to indigenous population may contribute to the improvement of planning and organization of diseases prevention and control measures. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate clinical and epidemiological characteristics of indigenous children admitted at University Hospital of Brasília with infectious and/or parasitic diseases, between May 2nd 2000 and May 2nd 2006. METHODS: The study has two components: first, descriptive, in which the variables age, gender, ethnic group, nutritional status, frequency and duration of hospital stay, diagnostics, treatment and admissions end were evaluated; second, analytical, in which the association between age, nutritional status and ethnic group with hospitalization, and also ethnic group and nutritional status were verified. RESULTS: Boys were admitted more times (60%). Ninety and three per cent were up to 5 years old and, of them, 78% were under two years old. The ethnic group Xavante was the most frequent and presented higher risk for malnutrition (OR=2.39; p=0.002). The mean of days of hospitalization was 1.8 per child and the mean time of hospital stay was 18 days. Malnutrition occurred in 77% of the patients. The most frequent diseases were pneumonia (71.6%) and acute diarrhea (39.2%). Antibiotics were necessary in 91.4% of the admissions but the change of treatment was uncommon (24%). The conditions of discharge from hospital were favorable in 80% of the times. The child with malnutrition had two times more probability of hospitalization (OR=2.02; p=0.003). CONCLUSION: The predominant profile of indigenous children who are admitted in pediatric ward of University Hospital of Brasília is: of Xavante ethnic group, male, younger than 2 years old, with malnutrition, pneumonia and/or diarrhea, with 80 per cent of probability to return to your home, healed or in better conditions. The xavante children had higher risk for malnutrition than the other indigenous children and the hospitalization of children of malnutrition was two times higher than the children without malnutrition.

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doenças infecciosas hospitalization criança indígena indigenous children doencas infecciosas e parasitarias infectious diseases internação

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