Cuidados paliativos em unidades de terapia intensiva adulto: estudo bibliométrico em periódicos da área médica.

Abstract

Objective: investigate a scientific production in the medical field about palliative care in the Intensive Care Unit of Adult Audience. Methods: Bibliometric study, consisting of 318 articles from the Scientific Electronic Online Library (known in Brazil by the Portuguese acronym SCIELO), the Online Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (MDLINE), and the Latin American and Caribbean Literature databases in Health science (LILACS) through the Virtual Health Library. Results: We identified articles related to palliative care in the Intensive Therapy Unit, in the last 20 years, predominating papers published in the United States, followed by Brazil, in big influence journals. Conclusion: Scientific production on the subject has grown linearly, notably in the last ten years, predominantly in the English language and produced by American universities.