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Causas de morte numa unidade de internamento de agudos de psiquiatria de um hospital geral português

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dc.contributor.authorBarbosa, Sofia
dc.contributor.authorSequeira, Márcia
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Sara
dc.contributor.authorManso, Rita
dc.contributor.authorCâmara, Catarina Klut
dc.contributor.authorTrancas, Bruno
dc.contributor.authorBorja-Santos, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorMaia, Teresa
dc.contributor.institutionNOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (NMS|FCM)
dc.contributor.pblBiblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Centro de Estudos Históricos, CELOM
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-11T23:31:40Z
dc.date.available2017-12-11T23:31:40Z
dc.date.issued2016-08
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Psychiatric patients are at increased risk of death from a number of natural and unnatural causes. This study examines the mortality causes of all psychiatric inpatients of an acute psychiatric unit at a general hospital in Portugal for sixteen years (1998 to 2013). Material and Methods: Twenty-one inpatients died at the inpatient unit between 1998 and 2013 (average 1.3 per year). A retrospective study through case-file review was carried to collect demographic characteristics, medical and psychiatry diagnosis. Patients transferred to other wards during their admission were not included. Results: Circulatory system diseases were the most prevalent causes of death, occurring in 2/3 of patients and include pulmonary embolism (n = 6), acute stroke (n = 3), cardiac arrhythmia (n = 2), acute myocardial infarction (n = 1), abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture (n = 1) and heart failure (n = 1). Two patients died with pneumonia and in four cases the cause of death was undetermined. Only one case of suicide was registered. Discussion: Circulatory conditions were the most frequent causes of death in our inpatient unit. Albeit a relatively rare event, inpatient suicide does occur and, in addition to its complex consequences on staff, family and patients should remain a focus for continued prevention. Conclusion: Mortality studies are important for determining quality of health care and to create recommendations for preventive measures.en
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dc.description.versionpublished
dc.format.extent8
dc.format.extent352677
dc.identifier.doi10.20344/amp.6905
dc.identifier.issn0870-399X
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 2432664
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: d8a92bdb-ae3d-4b8e-a2d0-25e53055e821
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84984874805
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000393811000009
dc.identifier.otherPubMed: 27914158
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dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84984874805
dc.language.isopor
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.subjectCause of death
dc.subjectHospital
dc.subjectHospital mortality
dc.subjectMental disorders/mortality
dc.subjectPortugal
dc.subjectPsychiatric department
dc.subjectGeneral Medicine
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
dc.titleCausas de morte numa unidade de internamento de agudos de psiquiatria de um hospital geral portuguêspt
dc.title.alternativeCauses of death in an acute psychiatric inpatient unit of a portuguese general hospitalen
dc.typejournal article
degois.publication.firstPage468
degois.publication.issue7-8
degois.publication.lastPage475
degois.publication.titleActa Médica Portuguesa
degois.publication.volume29
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccess

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