Title |
Internações das crianças brasileiras menores de cinco anos: revisão sistemática da literatura
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Published in |
Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde, January 2017
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DOI | 10.5123/s1679-49742017000100018 |
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Authors |
Dixis Figueroa Pedraza, Erika Morganna Neves de Araujo, Dixis Figueroa Pedraza, Erika Morganna Neves de Araujo |
Abstract |
to describe the causes of hospitalization of Brazilian children under five years old. this is a systematic review of articles published from 2008 to 2015, searched in the databases Medline and LILACS; selected studies were critically analyzed through a validated instrument. eleven articles were included, four of them are ecological and seven are cross-sectional studies; respiratory diseases (n=5), parasitic infections (n=4) and perinatal diseases (n=2) were the main causes for hospitalizations in the reviwed articles; in the studies that analyzed the sensitive conditions, pneumonia (n=6), gastroenteritis (n=5), and asthma (n=5) were the mais causes pointed out. respiratory, parasitic and perinatal diseases revealed to be the main causes for hospitalizations in Brazilian children; pneumonia, gastroenteritis, and asthma constitute the most important of hospitalizations, treatable in the ambulatory health care. |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 82 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Bachelor | 19 | 23% |
Student > Master | 12 | 15% |
Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 7% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 6% |
Professor | 4 | 5% |
Other | 10 | 12% |
Unknown | 26 | 32% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 23% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 14 | 17% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 6% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 5% |
Psychology | 3 | 4% |
Other | 10 | 12% |
Unknown | 27 | 33% |