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Causes of Death in an Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Unit of a Portuguese General Hospital
| dc.contributor.author | Barbosa, S | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sequeira, M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Castro, S | |
| dc.contributor.author | Manso, RT | |
| dc.contributor.author | Klut, C | |
| dc.contributor.author | Trancas, B | |
| dc.contributor.author | Santos, NB | |
| dc.contributor.author | Maia, T | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-13T12:30:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-13T12:30:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description.abstract | INTRODUCTION: 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. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.citation | Acta Med Port. 2016 Aug;29(7-8):468-475 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.20344/amp.6905 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1646-0758 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/1818 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | Ordem dos Médicos | pt_PT |
| dc.relation.publisherversion | file://u_share/users/arminda.m.sustelo/Downloads/6905-21627-2-PB.pdf | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Cause of death | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Hospital psychiatry department | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando Fonseca, E.P.E. | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Portugal | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Causas de morte | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Serviço de psiquiatria | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Causes of Death in an Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Unit of a Portuguese General Hospital | pt_PT |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.conferencePlace | Lisboa | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 475 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 468 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | Acta Médica Portuguesa | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 29 | pt_PT |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |