TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Incidence of falls in a cohort of critical adults: a cause for concerns?
JO  - Revista gaúcha de enfermagem
A1  - Specht, Andréia Martins
A1  - Sousa, Gabriele Peres de
A1  - Beghetto, Mariur Gomes
SP  - e20190167
EP  - e20190167
VL  - 41
IS  - spe
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0102-6933
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1983-1447.2020.20190167
ID  - ref1
ER  -