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Gravity of injury and analgesia in patients who suffered traffic accidents

2008; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 21; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0103-21002008000300003

1982-0194

Ana Maria Gimenes Corrêa Calil, Cibele Andrucioli de Mattos Pimenta,

Pain Management and Opioid Use

OBJECTIVE: Identifying the frequency and gravity of injuries in patients who suffered accidents in traffic and the analgesic drugs utilized. METHODS: Retrospective study, with a sample of 200 medical records of patients admitted to the emergency services of a reference hospital for trauma care. The gravity of the injuries was characterized by anatomic gravity rates and the analgesic therapy was based on the World Health Organization's Analgesic Ladder. RESULTS: The main findings pointed to injuries in limbs, head, face and outer surface as the most frequent, and, in 85% of the cases, gravity was equal or lower than 3; As for analgesia, it was verified that 46;6% of the patients received dipyrone and paracetamol. Among the opioids, meperidine was used in 10.4% of the cases. CONCLUSION: The gravity of most injuries was equal or lower to 3, indicating injuries of light, moderate and serious gravity, located especially in four body regions; regarding analgesia, dipyrone was shown to be the most commonly-used drug and a low use of opioids was verified.