Sepse em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva em Hospital da Rede Pública de Saúde no Semi Árido Paraibano.

Abstract

The sepsis has represented a heavy burden on health systems around the world, both from an economic point of view as social. Is the leading cause o f death in Intensive Care Units (ICU) and is among the leading causes of death in the us. In Brazil, in addition to data about sepsis are little known, little studies that are made are not consolidated by many hospitals, wich makes knowledge o f the scale of the problem in the country. This work sought to study the epidemiology of Sepsis in the intensive care unit at a hospital of public health. To this end, an exploratory study was conducted with quantitative documentation analysis of medical records of patients admitted to the ICU in the period January to December 2010. The survey had used as scenario the ICU of Hospital Regional de Cajazeiras-PB and the number of patient study was determined by the amount of patients with sepsis diagnosed among those accepted in the year 2010. Were studied the variables sex, age, length of hospitalization, initial diagnosis, intra, oring aetiologic agents and the use of antimicrobials. It can be observed that the minority of patients were female, aged 60 years and who remained more than 30 days interned in ICU, with a mortality rate of 90%, which drew much attention and suggesting the adoption of strategies focused on the correct identification of their resultswith the standardization of antimicrobial therapy aimed at the reduction of mortality related to sepsis in the ICU.