title: [Profile of morbidity of children hospitalized in a public hospital: implications for nursing].
abstract: One aimed to know the causes of hospitalization among children under five years in a public hospital in Paraná to subsidize nursing actions. A descriptive, quantitative, exploratory study was carried out, with inferential statistical analysis. One assessed 722 medical records from 2005-2009. It was observed that children under one year had more hospitalizations (42%) than those with one to five years; a higher percentage of male admissions (65%); respiratory diseases predominated (56%) compared to all other; mean length of stay of 9.4 days for those under one year and 8.3 days for children under five years; 95% were discharged as the outcome. This profile helps to direct nursing care, incorporating the data in planning, both in primary care and in hospital.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Cascavel, PR, Brasil. lb.toso@certto.com.br
authors.forename: Beatriz Rosana Gonçalves
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Cláudia Silveira
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Viera
authors.forename: Maria Cândida de Carvalho
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Furtado
authors.forename: Débora Faleiros
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: de Mello
authors.forename: Regina Aparecida Garcia
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: de Lima
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D010371:Pediatric Nursing