Objective:

To perform the lifting of the epidemiological and clinical data of patients with wounds in a unit of the prison system in the State of São Paulo.

Methodology:

Retrospective and descriptive study where there are collected data of compendium of a prison unit registered in a record book and health compendium between January 2015 and January 2016.

Results:

52 compendia of patients with wounds were analyzed. All patients were male, 51.92 % white, 53.85 % were between 30 and 39 years old. Injuries of 10 different etiologies were found, being burns the most frequent (22.95 %), followed by lesions by pressure (21.31 %). The most common disease among patients in treatment of wounds was spinal cord injury.

Conclusion:

In the prison system, patients with wounds are predominantly white, all male, with an average age of 37.21 years old, being more frequent burns and injuries by pressure.

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