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- Causes of Death in an Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Unit of a Portuguese General HospitalPublication . Barbosa, S; Sequeira, M; Castro, S; Manso, RT; Klut, C; Trancas, B; Santos, NB; Maia, TINTRODUCTION: Psychiatric patients are at increased risk of death from a number of natural and unnatural causes. This study examines the mortality causes of all psychiatric inpatients of an acute psychiatric unit at a general hospital in Portugal for sixteen years (1998 to 2013). MATERIAL AND METHODS: Twenty-one inpatients died at the inpatient unit between 1998 and 2013 (average 1.3 per year). A retrospective study through case-file review was carried to collect demographic characteristics, medical and psychiatry diagnosis. Patients transferred to other wards during their admission were not included. RESULTS: Circulatory system diseases were the most prevalent causes of death, occurring in 2/3 of patients and include pulmonary embolism (n = 6), acute stroke (n = 3), cardiac arrhythmia (n = 2), acute myocardial infarction (n = 1), abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture (n = 1) and heart failure (n = 1). Two patients died with pneumonia and in four cases the cause of death was undetermined. Only one case of suicide was registered. DISCUSSION: Circulatory conditions were the most frequent causes of death in our inpatient unit. Albeit a relatively rare event, inpatient suicide does occur and, in addition to its complex consequences on staff, family and patients should remain a focus for continued prevention. CONCLUSION: Mortality studies are important for determining quality of health care and to create recommendations for preventive measures.
- Efectividade de um programa de reabilitação pulmonar na tolerância ao exercício de doentes insuficientes respiratórios crónicosPublication . Couto, R; Fonseca, A; Martinho, C; Sequeira, M; Valério, P
- Electroconvulsivoterapia: mitos e evidências: a experiência do HFFPublication . Castro, S; Barbosa, S; Sequeira, M
- Percurso do doente com neoplasia da mama operadaPublication . Prates, L; Martinho, C; Sequeira, M; Vaz, Z; Dias, A; Pereira, I; Vera-Cruz, C; Cadete, A; Barreiros, J; Beckert, P
- Programa de reabilitação cardíaca fase intra-hospitalarPublication . Sequeira, M; Dias, A; Fonseca, A; Vaz, Z