Characterization of hospitalizations for external causes in a pediatric intensive care unit

Abstract Objective Describe the reasons for hospitalizations for external causes in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Methods This is a descriptive, retrospective research, developed in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of a public trauma reference hospital in the city of Salvador, Bahia. Data collection was carried out through the consultation of medical records, guided by a form of own elaboration with information from children and adolescents hospitalized in the year 2018 and 2019. Sociodemographic (age, gender) and clinical (reason for [...]