TY - JOUR AU - dos Santos de Araújo Rodrigues, Alessandra AU - Pereira da Silva, Andréa AU - Rodrigues Cardoso, Adelzira AU - de Araujo Filho, Augusto Cezar Antunes AU - Rocha Arrais, Kamilla AU - da Silva, Juan Victor AU - Soares Gomes da Silva, Maiara AU - de Lima Brito Magalhães, Rosilane PY - 2022/06/04 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS SUBMITTED TO LOWER LIMB AMPUTATION JF - Estima – Brazilian Journal of Enterostomal Therapy JA - ESTIMA VL - 20 IS - SE - Original article DO - UR - https://www.revistaestima.com.br/estima/article/view/1212 SP - AB - <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To characterize the clinical and epidemiological profile of patients undergoing lower limb amputation in a public hospital in southern Piauí state, Brazil. <strong>Method:</strong> Retrospective and descriptive study, with document analysis and quantitative approach. Data collection took place in July and August 2021, using an instrument developed by the researchers. Data were processed using the statistical software Statistical Package for Social Sciences, version 20.0. <strong>Results</strong>: The sample consisted of 70 patients with a mean age of 65.59 years, most of them male (61.4%), brown (88.6%), married (48.3%), retired (42.9%), coming from other cities of Piauí (87.1%). Most patients (47.1%) had a comorbidity at the time of amputation, with diabetes mellitus (34.3%) being the most prevalent, followed by systemic arterial hypertension (12.9%). Diabetes was the main cause of amputation (48.6%), being the transfemoral level (42.9%) the most affected. All procedures were performed on an emergency basis, and most hospitalizations (94.3%) progressed to discharge. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The findings of this study reveal that people with diabetes, males, and the elderly were the individuals who most underwent amputation, with the transfemoral level being the most performed.</p><p> </p> ER -