Abstract
Objective: To characterize the clinical profile of the elderly who used the emergency care service of a private hospital. Methods: This was a descriptive and retrospective study in Belém - Pará, in the first half of 2017. Data were collected by direct analysis of 470 electronic medical records at the hospital. Statistical analysis was performed using the BioEstat 5.3® software. Statistical significance was accepted at the level of 95% (p <0.05). Results: Regarding the Manchester risk classification, most elderly people were classified as green (72.7%) and the most frequent diagnosis was infections (33.6%). Among the elderly classified as red, the most motivating care was the pathologies of cardiovascular origin (42.2%). Pneumonia (22.2%) was the main cause of hospitalization, however, in general, there was a low incidence of hospitalizations (1.9%). As for the clinical outcome in the emergency department, there was a significant number of discharges (99.4%) and a low percentage of death (0.2%), evasion (0.2%) and transfer (0.2 %). Conclusion: Most of the elderly assisted were between 60 and 70 years old and female. It was also seen that the infectious processes were the ones that most motivated the search for the service.