Causas de internação hospitalar dos índios Maxakali, no hospital Cura Dars, município de Machacalis-MG, no período de janeiro de 2007 a dezembro de 2008

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the causes of hospitalization of the Indians Maxakali in hospital Cura D'ars, the city of Machacalis-MG, from January 2007 to December 2008, coming from the pole base and Good Water Pradinho. The data were obtained from the Information System of Care for Indigenous Health (SIASI). The results are in full agreement with the profile of health and sanitation in these villages. Some conditions that affect the Indians have a direct relationship with how they live. The epidemiological picture is notable for high morbidity of diseases potentially preventable, especially in children. In addition, multidisciplinary teams of health difficulties in developing its work in primary care. It was concluded that on average 1.34 admissions were effective in Hospital Cura Dars in two years per person and length of stay in hospital was about 3.9 days. The Indians of the women had the highest number of hospitalizations and the under-fives were admitted, mainly due to respiratory, infectious and parasitic diseases. There is a change in ICD in accordance with the cycles of life and external causes appear to the higher age groups. There were 85 transfers over two years and most were children younger than five years. The hospital deaths totaled eight in the two study periods, 87.5% of them occurred in the class that is more vulnerable, children between zero and five years. Some actions can be formulated to cope with the morbidity profile of the Indian population studied in order to ensure favorable conditions for developing the main lines of care in health: vaccination coverage, home visits, holding of childcare, conducting pre-natal and early detection of cervical cancer, among others.