Abstract
Objective: To identify the prevalence of pressure injuries in a general hospital and to verify the epidemiological clinical profile of the patients seen. Methods: A quantitative, cross-sectional study was carried out, in which all cases of pressure injuries notified to the dressing committee were analyzed, from January 2017 to December 2018, using absolute and relative frequencies. Results: The prevalence of pressure injuries was 1.2%, distributed equally between both sexes, the most prevalent age group was in patients> 60 years (45.9%), the main cause of hospitalization were neoplasms (15,6%), adult wards had 55.1% of cases, the most affected region was the sacral region with 66.2%, and 21.7% of the injuries were in stage II. Final considerations: The results showed that from 2017 to 2018 there was a decrease in LPP, more that the monitoring of this indicator should be maintained so that it will provide a higher level of safety to patients and help in reducing costs related to adverse events that are highly avoidable by the institutions.