Atenção básica na alta complexidade
RESUMO
Os pacientes hospitalizados necessitam tanto de cuidados especializados para os problemas que motivaram sua internação quanto de atenção para manter todo o sistema orgânico em funcionamento a fim de não comprometer o prognóstico. A inclusão de ações de saúde bucal na alta complexidade tem sido recomendada balizada no princípio da integralidade e dos
resultados das pesquisas que mostram a inter-relação entre as doenças bucais e o comprometimento sistêmico. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi verificar se os hospitais que participam da rede de assistência do Sistema Único de Saúde na região Centro Sul Fluminense
ABSTRACT
Hospital patients need as much care to remedy the problems that prompted their admission and care to keep the whole
body system in operation so as not to compromise the prognosis. The inclusion of oral health actions in high com-
plexity has been recommended buoyed by the results of research showing the interrelationship between oral dise-
ase and systemic involvement. The objective of this research was to determine whether hospitals service providers
for the Unified Health System in central South Rio adopt measures or protocols of oral health in hospitalized patients.
As methodology we used semi-structured instrument to verify the existence of a protocol of oral health care of hospita-
lized patients. The results revealed that only 55.5% of hospitals develop some activity of oral health, and 100% of the
hospitals, there are no protocols for oral health care. Conclusion: there is a need for public policy induces the adop-
tion of protocols for oral health to patients hospitalized for health to patients hospitalized for health institutions.
Keywords: odontology; oral health; hospitalization.