Sociodemographic profile and hospitalization process of elderly assisted at a emergency hospital

Objectives: to investigate the sociodemographic profile and the process of hospitalization of elderly assisted in an emergency hospital. Methods: descriptive epidemiological study conducted at an emergency hospital with 300 elderly patients using a form with hospitalization process and sociodemographic variables. Results: there was a predominance of females (56.0%), between 80 and 89 years old (45.4%), illiterate or with elementary education (86.7%), married or living in stable union (42.6%), with non-communicable chronic disease (54.7%) and regular use of medications. The main reason for hospitalization was fall (54.7%) at home and in the morning hours (42.4%), with admission in the afternoon, transported by ambulance. Conclusion: the findings contribute to the development of strategies directed to assist and care of the healthy elderly and\u

Perfil sociodemográfico e processo de hospitalização de idosos atendidos em um hospital de emergências

Objetivo: investigar el perfil sociodemográfico y el proceso de hospitalización de ancianos asistidos en un hospital de emergencia. Métodos: estudio epidemiológico descriptivo, realizado en un hospital de emergencia con 300 pacientes ancianos mediante un formulario con variables sociodemográficas y el proceso de hospitalización. Resultados: hubo predominio del sexo femenino (56,0%), entre 80 y 89 años (45,4%), analfabetos o con educación primaria (86,7%), casados o cohabitando (42,6 %) con enfermedades no transmisibles crónicas (54,7%) y en uso regular de medicamentos. La razón principal de la hospitalización fue la caída (54,7%) en la residencia y por la mañana (42,4%), con entrada por la tarde, transportado en ambulancia. Conclusión: los resultados contribuyen al desarrollo de estrategias dirigidas a la atención y cuidado del anciano saludable y en situaciones vulnerables

Estudo climatologico da posicao da ZCIT no atlantico equatorial e sua influencia sobre o Nordeste do Brasil

The climatology for the daily positions of the Atlantic Ocean intertropical convergence zone is proposed. Three fields are used as tracers of the ITCZ climatoligical positioning; low level confluence of the trade winds, low level convergence maxima of the trade winds, and the minima of outgoing longwave radiation along longitudes 28°W and 35°W. It is shown that the ITCZ shows maxima daily variability at the points of maxima latitudinal displacement to the south and the north, during April and September respectively. The results of this study are part of an ongoing effort to monitor the latitudinal displacements of the ITCZ on a daily basis, as one tool for diagnostics and prediction of the rainy period over northeast Brazil.Pages: 1142-114