TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Unintentional injuries at the Emergency Department Injury Surveillance System--Brazil, 2006
JO  - Ciencia e Saude Coletiva
A1  - Mascarenhas, Marcio Denis Medeiros
A1  - da Silva, Marta Maria Alves
A1  - Malta, Deborah Carvalho
A1  - de Moura, Lenildo
A1  - Gawryszewski, Vilma Pinheiro
A1  - Costa, Valter Chaves
A1  - Souza, Maria de Fatima Marinho
A1  - de Morais Neto, Otaliba Libanio
SP  - 1657
EP  - 1668
VL  - 14
IS  - 5
N2  - In 2006, the Brazilian Ministry of Health established the Injury Surveillance System Network in Sentinel Services (Rede VIVA) to describe data on injuries victims treated at emergency departments (ED), especially minor injuries which do not cause deaths and hospitalization. This study describes the characteristics of unintentional injuries victims treated in these EDs by means of a transversal descriptive study with data coming from EDs located in 35 municipalities with the highest injury rates. The data were collected during 30 consecutive days in an alternated 12-hour shift. There were a total of 41,677 patients with unintentional injuries, mainly among males (64.8%), people aged 20 to 29 years (23.0%) and low level of education (45.8%). Falls were the main cause (40.1% overall), followed by transport related injuries (26.6% overall). The more frequent place of occurrence were public streets (36.3% overall) and residences (33.6% overall). The body parts most affected were upper members (42.7%), lower members (42.0%) and head/face (29.2%). The injury surveillance in sentinel services allows collecting timeless data about minor cases which is essential for planning and implementing preventive measures.<p />  <p>Language: pt</p>
LA  - pt
SN  - 1413-8123
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -