title: [Expensive therapy of vascular trauma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze all expenses paid to the first surgical approached for vascular lesion patients admitted at Hospital João XXIII/FHEMIG, between years 2004 until 2006.
  
  
  METHODS
  It is about an ethical approved study, retrospective and descriptive from audit over 70 eligible patients enrolled by Cardiovascular Service.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five (7.14%) patient's files were excluded for bad quality records. The costs were R$ 103,614.96 (US$ 60,949.97) and R$ 185,888.21 (US$ 109,346.0), a 44% sliding scale for endowment from Brazilian Public System and private medical assistance estimate, respectively. Indeed, the data showed direct relationship between costs and anatomic topographic and exponential increased expenses when blood and/or vascular prosthesis were utilized.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Audit in health system is a must to making decision and evidences the expensive therapy for vascular lesions.
authors.affiliation: FHEMIG, Belo Horizonte, MG, BR. ricardocostaval@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Costa-Val
authors.forename: Maria Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Marques
mesh_terms: D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000293:injuries*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics