EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION OF AMBULATORIAL CARE OF BURNERS IN A PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT

Abstract

BURN INJURIES ARE UNDERSTOOD TO BE MULTISYSTEMIC, RESULTING FROM EXPOSURE TO HEAT AND EXCESSIVE, TO VIOLENT CHEMICALS, RADIATION, FRICTION AND FRICTION. ITS SEVERITY IS RELATED TO EXTENSION, AND CAN LEAD TO PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENTS DUE TO DEHYDRATION, METABOLIC DISORDERS, DEFORMITIES, INFECTION AND EVEN DEATH. INHALATION OF SMOKE, IN CASE OF EXPOSURE TO FIRES, CAN LEAD TO COMPLICATIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM, WHICH IN TURN ARE CONSIDERED MORE SERIOUS THAN THE BURN ITSELF. HOWEVER, BURN INJURIES ARE AVOIDABLE INJURIES, WHICH CAUSE PAIN, SUFFERING AND COMPLICATIONS, SO THEY NEED A CONSTANT APPROACH ON THE PART OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. IN ORDER TO PRESENT DATA THAT CHARACTERIZE THE POPULATION EXPOSED TO BURNS, A DESCRIPTIVE DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED, WITH A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH, INVOLVING THE ANALYSIS OF DATA REFERRING TO THE CARE OF BURNED PATIENTS AT THE HOSPITAL MUNICIPAL DE ANÁPOLIS, GOI�S, BRAZIL, IN THE YEAR 2016. A TOTAL OF 1072 VISITS WERE ANALYZED, WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF INFORMATION NOT TREATED AS REPORTED IN THE ANALYZES, WITH A LOW FREQUENCY OF THE FEMALE POPULATION IN 53.9%, PREVALENCE OF THE POPULATION AGED 20 TO 24 YEARS (18.2%), WITH GREATER FREQUENCY IN THE AGES OF 15 TO 39 YEARS; THE MAJORITY OF BURNS (81.8%) WERE CATEGORIZED AS HAVING PHYSICAL ORIGIN, REACHING THE 2ND DEGREE OF DEPTH AND IN SEQUENCE 3�º AND 1�º DEGREES. THE SCQ 18% EXTENSION WAS PREVALENT, AS ANALYZED, FOLLOWED BY SCQ 9%. THE MAJORITY OF BURNS REACHED THE UPPER LIMBS (MMSS) IN 51.9% DUE TO PHYSICAL EVENT IN 46.7% OF THE TOTAL; THEN THE LOWER LIMBS (MMII) WITH 48.7% AND THIRDLY THE FACE WITH 7.9%. THE PREVALENCE OF ABRASION TRAUMA (59.3%) WAS OBTAINED ON THE OTHER CAUSES OF BURN BY PHYSICAL AGENT. THERMAL BURNS ACCOUNTED FOR 37.2% OF ALL BURNS BY PHYSICAL AGENTS. IT SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED THAT THE RAPID AND ADEQUATE ASSISTANCE TO THE BURN REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE PROGNOSIS OF RECOVERY OF THE LESION AND OF THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE AFFECTED AREA. IN THIS WAY, THE MONITORING OF THE CASES AND THE CONSTANT EVALUATION OF THE CONSULTATIONS BASE ACTIONS TO UPDATE AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE ASSISTANCE PROVIDED IN THE BURNED UNITS. HOWEVER, THE DATA POINT TO THE NEED FOR VALORIZATION AND GREATER COMMITMENT AND QUALITY IN THE STATISTICAL REGISTERS IN HEALTH.