Abstract
Objective: To verify the correlation of time for the first sedestation of a patient suffering from Cranioencephalic Traumatism (TBI) has an influence on the length of stay in the Intensive Care Units (ICU) and hospital. Methods: Medical records of patients aged 18 to 70 years, of both genders, victims of TBI, who were admitted to the hospital, requiring intubation and ICU admission, from December 2019 to November 2020, were included. The date of admission and hospital discharge, first bedside sedation, orthostatism and gait were collected. A descriptive statistical analysis was perfomed, followed by the Chi-square test application and, for correlation, was used the Pearson1s Linear Correlation Test. Results: 132 medical records met the inclusion criteria. 85.60% were male with an average age of 35.05 ± 12.93 years, 51.52% had a motorcycle accident as an injury mechanism and 65.15% were classified as severe TBI. A weak correlation coefficient of -0.1705 and -0.1195 was obtained, with a p-value> 0.05 in relation to the time of the first bedside sedestation with length of stay in the ICU and hospital. Conclusion: It is noted that there is no correlation between the time of the first sedestation and the length of stay in the ICU and the total hospital stay.