Notification of brain death in the hospital

Autores

  • Bruna Soares de Jesus Souza Universidade de Pernambuco. Petrolina, PE, Brazil.
  • Gerlene Grudka Lira Universidade de Pernambuco. Petrolina, PE, Brazil.
  • Rachel Mola Universidade de Pernambuco. Petrolina, PE, Brazil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2015000200008

Palavras-chave:

Nursing, Brain Death, Health Profile, Tissue Donors.

Resumo

Objective: to identifying brain death in the hospital. Methods: it is a cross sectional and quantitative study which analyzed secondary data extracted from the notified brain death registers and from the medical records of the eligible patients. The data were processed and analyzed through descriptive statistics and comparisons. Results: of the 64 cases of notifications, the male gender predominated (67.2%) within the age range from 40 to 59 years (64.1%). There was a greater proportion (71.8%) of causes of death related to Hemorrhagic Cerebral Vascular Accident and Traumatic Brain Injury caused by motorcycle accident, showing statistically significant difference (p<0.05) regarding the gender, age and location. Conclusion: the Hemorrhagic Cerebral Vascular Accident was the most prevalent cause of notification of brain death and the Intensive Therapy Unit was the most notified venue.

Biografia do Autor

Bruna Soares de Jesus Souza, Universidade de Pernambuco. Petrolina, PE, Brazil.

Universidade de Pernambuco. Petrolina, PE, Brazil.

Gerlene Grudka Lira, Universidade de Pernambuco. Petrolina, PE, Brazil.

Universidade de Pernambuco. Petrolina, PE, Brazil.

Rachel Mola, Universidade de Pernambuco. Petrolina, PE, Brazil.

Universidade de Pernambuco. Petrolina, PE, Brazil.

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Publicado

2015-04-04

Como Citar

Souza, B. S. de J., Lira, G. G., & Mola, R. (2015). Notification of brain death in the hospital. Rev Rene, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2015000200008

Edição

v. 16 n. 2 (2015)

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