Professor at the Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health, Thoracic surgeon, member of the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery, Brazil
Research Article
venous thromembolism; mortality; Bahia; deaths, DataSUS
Author(s): Wagner Ramos Borges*, Raimundo Nonato de Souza Andrade, Pedro Henrique Massi, Talita Cristina Cruz Paulino, Gustavo Novaes Lima and Isabela Pereira de Farias
Context: Venous Thromboembolism is the leading cause of preventable hospital death Objectives: To trace the mortality profile of Venous Thromboembolism in Bahia between 2010 and 2020.
Methods: This is an observational and descriptive study of the historical series that uses data Secondary information originating from the Mortality System (SIM), developed by DataSUS, associated with quantitative analysis.
Results: A total of 3,317 reports of Venous Thromboembolism were found, being 55.98% female and 43.9% male. There was a predominance of the number of deaths in the East Macro-region. The self-declared brown population was the most affected in all macro-regions, with 54.83% of notifications. The age group with the most death notifications was 80 years or older, with 29% of cases.
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DOI:
10.35248/2155-6156.10001047
