Conflito de interesses: NãoContribuição dos autores: ACMR tabulação dos dados, discussão dos achados, elaboração e redação do manuscrito, revisão crítica. NML concepção e planejamento do projeto de pesquisa, tabulação dos dados, discussão dos achados, orientação do projeto, redação e revisão crítica. AbstractIntroduction: Cardiovascular diseases are chronic diseases with high mortality rate. Thus, they represent a large demand for hospital services, contributing to a high number of hospital admissions and readmissions. Objective: Describe the profile of patients readmitted at the infirmary of the cardiology department of a teaching hospital. Patients and Methods: This is a cross-sectional clinical study using qualitative and quantitative approaches. Data survey was obtained through a semi-structured interview with patients or their companions from June to October 2014. Data were recorded using Microsoft Excel™. We interpreted data using descriptive statistical analysis. Results: Of the 544 patients interviewed, 86 were readmitted to the cardiology sector. More than half of the patients were men, aged from 32 to 89 years (mean 66 ± 13.08), married, retired, and low schooling. The main previous clinical conditions were hypertension, smoking, diabetes, alcoholism, and dyslipidemia. Readmissions were prevalent. The main baseline conditions were heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, and heart valve disease. Conclusion: Among the readmitted patients, married and retired males with low schooling were predominant. The recurrent readmissions with baseline conditions were heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, and heart valve disease. Among the reasons for re-hospitalization, the main ones were respiratory disease, heart failure, and related to coronary artery disease.
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