Mortalidade de pacientes sépticos no pronto socorro do hospital geral de palmas e a implementação do protocolo assistencial de sepse

Abstract

Sepsis represents a serious public health problem and one of the most challenging diseases in medicine due to the high rates of morbidity, mortality and budgetary burden of patients with sepsis worldwide. Objective: To analyze the mortality of septic patients admitted to the emergency room assistance of the General Hospital of Palmas and the implementation of the assistance protocol of sepsis. Method: Descriptive study with inclusion of all patients diagnosed with sepsis on admission to the emergency room from September 2015 to September 2016. Outcome: There were 299 septic patients with a mean age of 61 years. The average length of stay at the emergency room was 14 days. Pulmonary infectious disease predominated 44.1%. The mortality rate was higher in the age group under 20 years (67.0%), who did not receive antibiotics in less than 1 hour (67.6%), with less than 24 hours of hospitalization (70.0%), with collection of lactate (65.4%) and acquired sepsis (62.8%). Conclusion: It was evidenced the non adherence to some measures of the packages and high mortality. The challenge to be faced is the systematic training of emergency teams and better conditions of SUS services.