Hospital morbimortality in children and adolescents by intracranial traumatism in the state of Bahia, Brazil

Abstract

Objective: To describe the hospital morbidity and mortality of children and adolescents between 2014 and 2018 in the state of Bahia due to traumatic brain injury. Materials and methods: This is an epidemiological study carried out by consulting secondary data, together with the hospital information system (SIH-SUS), made available by DATASUS. The data referring to the period from 2014 to 2018 were consulted. The data obtained were reorganized in Microsoft Office Excel and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: Within the analyzed period, 7,879 cases of hospitalizations and 316 deaths from intracranial trauma in children under 19 years were registered in SIH-SUS. There was a decrease, among the studied period, in hospitalizations and deaths. The eastern macro-region was the one with the highest records of hospitalizations (n = 2,034; 25.8%), deaths (n = 61; 19.3%), regarding the character of urgent care presented (n = 7,481; 94.9%) and deaths ( n = 300; 94.9%) Conclusion: It is necessary government actions to stimulate the prevention of this disease and reduce the underreporting present in some places.