Perfil epidemiológico das internações pediátricas por asma em Sergipe entre 2011 e 2021

Abstract

Resumo : INTRODUCTION: Asthma is a complex, multifactorial and immune-mediated chronic inflammatory disease of the airways. Asthmatic exacerbation, or also known asthmatic crisis, is one of the main causes of visits to the emergency department. OBJECTIVE: To characterize the epidemiological profile of pediatric hospitalizations for asthma in Sergipe between 2011 and 2021. METHODOLOGY: This work was carried out through a quantitative descriptive epidemiological study with a retrospective approach based on data collected at DataSUS. The population involved is cases of pediatric hospitalizations due to asthma (by place of hospitalization), analyzing the variables age group, between 0 and 14 years, gender and ethnicity, considering the territory of Sergipe between January 2011 and December 2021. RESULT: From 2011 to 2021 in Sergipe, there were 9,474 hospitalizations due to asthma in children aged 0 to 14 years. With greater prevalence in the age group from 1 to 4 years old, in males and brown ethnicity when observing each variable. DISCUSSION: The results of this research were contrary to the decreasing trend in the number of hospitalizations found in the country, but consistent with the higher prevalence by age group, gender and ethnicity, analyzing literature with equivalent population. CONCLUSION: There is a need to focus more attention on this profile of patients when analyzing and observing clinical characteristics and diagnosing asthma exacerbation. In order to establish adequate and efficient management as soon as possible, avoiding worse outcomes.