Invasive procedures and complications in patients with craniocerebral trauma hospitalized in the intensive care unit

Abstract

The present study, realizad with 50 patients from na intensive Care Unit, due to head injury and considering that the majority of them presented a score equal or below six (6) in the Giasgow Coma Scale, has shown that the utilization of invasive procedures is high. Regarding complications there was predominancy of fever, upper airway secretions, hematomas at the arterial pincture localization and diarrhea. Proportionally, the patients under a clinical treatment presented a lower number of invasive procedures and problems and the reverse occurred with those inder surgery. The analysis of the association of the level of consciousness has been afftected.