Palliative Care in Congenital Syndrome of the Zika Virus Associated with Hospitalization and Emergency Consultation: Palliative Care and Congenital Syndrome of Zika
Table 1
Maternal and patients with CZVS characteristics. Institute of Integral Medicine Prof. Fernando Figueira, August 2015 to October 2017.
Maternal Characteristics
N (%)
Patients with CSZV
N (%)
(i) Female
78 (53.8)
(i) Schooling (years)
(ii) Head circumference at birth (Z score for age and sex)
≤ 4
3 (2.1)
< z -3
101 (69.5)
5-9
44 (30.3)
z-3 to z-2
21 (14.5)
10-11
64 (44.1)
z-2 to z-1
13 (9.0)
≥ 12
10 (6.9)
> z -1
10 (7.0)
No registry
24 (16.6)
(iii) Age (months)
<12 m
25 (17.3)
12-18 m
39 (26.9)
>18 m
81 (55.8)
(ii) From
(iv) Consultation in emergency care
92 (63.5)
68 (46.9)
(v) Hospitalization
71 (49.0)
(a) Causes of hospitalization
(iii) Occupation
Neurological Causes
24 (33.8)
Housewives
85 (58.6)
Invasive
14 (19.8)
Formal Work
18 (12.4)
Respiratory infections
6 (8.5)
Informal Work
14 (9.7)
Wheezing
4 (5.6)
Student
6 (4.1)
Dysphagia
1 (1.4)
No data
22 (15.2 )
Others
18 (25.3)
No registry
4 (5.6)
(iv) Age (years)
(b) Length of hospitalization (days)
≤17
15 (10.3)
≤ 1
12 (16.9)
18-24
62 (42.8)
2-7
46 (64.8)
25 - 34 years
56 (38.6)
8 -14
8 (11.3)
≥35 years
11 (7.6)
15 - 30
4 (5.6)
No registry
1 (0.7)
> 30
1 (1.4)
a- Metropolitan Region of Recife b- Described as invasive procedures: peritoneal ventricle shunt, gastrostomy, herniorrhaphy, prostatectomy.
