title: Readmissions due to traffic accidents at a general hospital.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to verify the occurrence and the causes of hospital readmissions within a year after discharge from hospitalizations due to traffic accidents.
  
  
  METHODS
  victims of multiple traumas due to traffic accidents were included, who were admitted to an Intensive Care Unit. Sociodemographic data, accident circumstances, body regions affected and cause of readmission were collected from the patient histories.
  
  
  RESULTS
  among the 109 victims of traffic accidents, the majority were young and adult men. Most hospitalizations due to accidents involved motorcycle drivers (56.9%). The causes of the return to the hospital were: need to continue the surgical treatment (63.2%), surgical site infection (26.3%) and fall related to the physical sequelae of the trauma (10.5%). The rehospitalization rate corresponded to 174/1,000 people/year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the hospital readmission rate in the study population is similar to the rates found in other studies. Victims of severe limb traumas need multiple surgical procedures, lengthier hospitalizations and extended rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, BR.
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paiva
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, BR.
authors.forename: Damiana Aparecida Trindade
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Especializada, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP, BR.
authors.forename: Daniele Alcalá
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Pompeo
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, US.
authors.forename: Márcia Aparecida
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ciol
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, BR.
authors.forename: Rosana Aparecida Spadotti
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Dantas
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, BR.
authors.forename: Lídia Aparecida
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Rossi
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D055815:Young Adult