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[Daily circadian variations of deaths in a general hospital]
C E Rodrigues1, J Lazo, M A Lima
1Hospital Escola da FMTM.
Revista Brasileira De Enfermagem
|July 1, 1997
Abstract
Unlabelled:
This work aims at determining the incidence of circadian daily variations of natural death at a general hospital.
Methods:
We have analyzed time of death in 502 individuals with natural death. Statistical analyses have been applied to determine the difference significance between proportions and averages. As a result, we have found out that the occurrence of natural death was similar in different periods of the day. However, values indicate an excess of lethality at 6 a.m. and from noon to 6 p.m. We have concluded that the observed results suggested that the natural death does not have a circadian pattern, despite the vespertine peak.