RESUMO: Obje tivo -Determinar a existência de variações circadianas diórias nos óbitos de um hospital geral. Método -Foram analisados a hora da morte e o período do dia em que ocarrera m 502 mortes naturais em hospital geral.Empregara m-se testes estatísticos para determinar as diferenças entre proporções e médias. Resultados -Não se observou relação entre mortalidade e a hora ou período de ocorrência no dia, apesar do aumento no nLJmero de óbito no período das 12 às 18 horas. Conclusão -Os resultados observados sugerem que a morte natural não tem padrão circadiano, apesar da maior freqüência no período vespertino. UNITERMOS: Variação circadiana -Hospital geral -Morte natural.ABSTRACT: This work aims at determining the incidence of circadian daily variations of natural death at a general hospital. Methods: We have analyzed time of death in 502 individuais with natural death. Statistical analyses have been applied to determine the difference significance between proportions and averages. As a result, we have found out that the occurrence of natural death was similar in different periods of the day. However, values indicate an excess of lethality at 6 a.m. and from noon to 6 p.m.. We have concluded that the observed results suggested that the natural death does not have a circadian pattern, despite the vespertine peak.
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