Use of a home oxygen therapy to infants after discharge of the neonatal unit / Utilização da oxigenoterapia domiciliar por crianças egressas de uma unidade neonatal

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

Objective: to describe aspects related to the program of home oxygen therapy used by infants after discharge from neonatal unit, and to analyze the tendencies of this therapeutic method along its first ten years. Methods: an observational, descriptive, retrospective study was carried out with analytical component to evaluate the program of home oxygen therapy of a neonatal unit from Center of Integral Attention Woman s Health- CAISM-UNICAMP from November 1996 to December 2006. Results: 160 infants used home oxygen therapy in the period, 63,3% presented bronchopulmonary dysplasia. The average length of O2 use at home was 42.3 ± 54.0 days. Significant differences were not observed when comparing demographic characteristics of the population and length of O2 home supply between the years. There was no correlation between the time of mechanical ventilation and the duration of the home therapy. 22.3% of the infants needed special care besides the use of O2 and medications. In the first two years of the infants lives the morbidity rate reached 40%, and the mortality rate 11,4%. Conclusion: the use of home oxygen has been a feasible therapeutic alternative in our environment, deserving more attention of the institutions of health. More national studies need to be carried out in order to improve the service s quality and to guarantee the security of the home oxygen therapy.

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bronchopulmonary dysplasia home assistance oxygen therapy assistencia domiciliar neonatologia prematuro premature oxigenoterapia displasia broncopulmonar neonatology

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