Profile of fracture victim patients interned in a university hospital: a cross-sectional study

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical epidemiological profile of patients who suffered fractures hospitalized at a university hospital in Maranhão. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional, retrospective and quantitative study based on the analysis of the medical records of these patients at the Federal University Hospital of Maranhão (HU-UFMA) in the orthopedic-trauma sector. RESULTS: A total of 251 medical records were analyzed, with a predominance of males (52.59%), brown (64.1%), residents in São Luís (57%), unmarried individuals (51%), low education, incomplete elementary school index (35.3%) and the mean age was 45,49 years. The type of trauma that caused the most fractures were falls, with 127 victims (50.6%), followed by traffic accidents with motorcycle accidents (3.98%), (3,88%) motor vehicle crashes, (3 , 98%) of run over. As for the most affected body regions, lesions in the lower limbs (LL) were observed, 33,47% with fractures of the femur, 23,11% of the tibia and 11,95% of the ankle. The most frequent type of surgery was osteosynthesis, for stabilization of follow-up, with 82,87%. Of these patients, 98,8% were discharged after a surgical procedure with a median of 3 days of hospitalization and 1,2% died. CONCLUSION: There was a higher prevalence among males, single, comprised between 13 and 38 years old, the mechanism of trauma with the highest numbers of cases were falls and traffic accidents, with a higher prevalence of lower limbs involvement.