Análise de série temporal da internação de pacientes submetidos a amputação de membros inferiores em Sergipe de 2000 a 2013

Abstract

Background: lower limbs amputation is a problem to health sistems around the world. Enormous efforts have been done to change this situation, however to avoid this perpetuation is before necessary to know profile of more demaged patients. Objectives: analysis of temporal series in admission of patients submitted to lower limbs amputation in Sergipe from 2000 to 2013. Methods: were valued about age, sex, death during hospitalization and level of amputation 7.131 patients admitted to lower limbs amputation in reference hospitals from region of Brazilian Northeast, between 2000 and 2013. Results: it was seen higher frequency of amputations in older than 60 years old people, being male sex a bit more affected. Death happened in 9% of cases and amputations frequency in higher level was almost the same than in lower level. Procedure increased more than two times. Amputation frequency of lower limbs increased progressive during the last 14 years, however in case of higher amputations it was reduced while those that are done in lower level influenced this model during these years. Conclusions: although all the efforts realized to organize health sistem during last ten yeas, amputations frequency of lower limbs increased progressive, however with a gradative change in its characteristics in which higher amputations it was reduced while those that are done in lower level influenced this model during these years.