Retinopatia da prematuridade no Brasil: um estudo a partir do sistema de informações hospitalares

Abstract

Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile of children under one year old hospitalized for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in Brazil, from 2012 to 2015. Methods: Retrospective descriptive quantitative study. The data were collected by the Hospital Information System (SIH) and described according to the variables residence region and region of occurrence and Unit of the Federation (UF) of residence and UF of occurrence sex, age, days of hospital stay, hospital regime. They were analyzed from the Tabwin program, where hospital morbidity was estimated. Results: Brazil presented a progressive increase in the frequency of children under 1 year hospitalized for ROP in the period between 2012 and 2015, with 11 children in 2012 and 135 in 2015. There was no flow of patients between the Regions, but in the same Region. Regarding the frequency of genders, 51.9% corresponded to males. The majority of the hospitalizations were hospitalized (76.1%), who did not require hospitalization in the Intensive Care Unit (61.7%), %) And corresponded to hospitalizations in private schemes (64.6%). Conclusion: Even with Public Prevention Policies, there was an increase Of hospitalizations for ROP in Brazil, showing that an increased risk may have occurred. Therefore, it is important to carry out new studies analyzing the causes of increased hospitalizations, to optimize prevention and avoid undesirable sequelae.