@article{ref1,
title="Incidence of falls in a cohort of critical adults: a cause for concerns?",
journal="Revista gaúcha de enfermagem",
year="2020",
author="Specht, Andréia Martins and Sousa, Gabriele Peres de and Beghetto, Mariur Gomes",
volume="41",
number="spe",
pages="e20190167-e20190167",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To describe the incidence and to report the cases of falls in a cohort of critical adults. <br><br>METHOD: A prospective cohort study, conducted in 2018 at an adult Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in the south of Brazil. The patients were followed up from admission to discharge; observations were made in the morning and afternoon. The clinical and care variables were evaluated. The descriptive analysis was performed followed by the reporting of the cases. <br><br>RESULTS: 551 patients were monitored during 6 [3-12.7] days of hospitalization, generating 7,839 observations. There were four cases of falls, with an incidence rate of 5.1/10.000 observations/day - confidence interval of 99% [0.9 to 16] and density of incidence of 7/10.000 observations/day - confidence interval of 99% [1.2 to 22]. No serious harms were observed. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Falls occur less in the ICU, which can be explained by the use of safe care practices.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0102-6933",
doi="10.1590/1983-1447.2020.20190167",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1983-1447.2020.20190167"
}