Analysis of referrals to the stomatology service in a Southern Brazilian hospital: a retrospective study

This paper intends to describe the demand for referrals stomatology service requested by medical teams inpatients in a reference hospital south of Brazil. research is retrospective cross-sectional descriptive study focusing on data collection and assessment information about unit carried out from January 2008 December 2018. All was obtained management software database, then transferred analyzed individually statistics. A total 4433 cases were referred team, with an average 403 year. Hematology/hemato-oncology (37.3%) specialty asking majority referrals, followed Oncology (20.4%) Pneumology (8.2%). The mean patients’ profile males (55.5%), receiving diagnosis oral mucositis (43.5%), first second decades life being most prevalent ones (34.9%), age 34.8±22.3 years. common treatment performed team photobiomodulation therapy (44.8%). demonstrated important stomatological care hospitalized patients specific hospital, especially hematology/hemato-oncology team. These results evidenced importance environment.