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Asociación entre deterioro del flujo espiratorio máximo y prevalencia de enfermedades cardiovasculares y metabólicas en población adulta chilena: hallazgos preliminares de la Cohorte del Maule (MAUCO)

Introducción: La enfermedad respiratoria crónica determina alta morbimortalidad y frecuencia de comorbilidades cardiometabólicas. Evaluamos la asociación entre flujo espiratorio máximo (FEM) y algunas condiciones cardiometabólicas en adultos de una zona semirural, en la medición basal de la cohort...

La adhesión al tratamiento antihipertensivo es de fundamental importancia

Introduction: Hypertension is one of the most common cardiovascular risk factors but the medicationadherence rate among hypertensive patients is low. Objectives: To develop, validate and test the reliability of Medication Adherence Questionnaire (MAQ) in hypertensive patients. Materials and methods: Acro...

Hypertension Prevalence, Treatment and Control in Older Adults in a Brazilian Capital City

Arq. bras. cardiol; 112 (3), 2019
Abstract Background: The diagnosis, treatment and control of arterial hypertension are fundamental for a reduction in cardiovascular outcomes, especially in the elderly. In Brazil, there are few studies that specifically identified these rates in the elderly population. Objective: To verify rates of pr...

Hipertensão arterial como condição traçadora para avaliação do acesso na atenção à saúde

Resumo Este estudo avaliou o uso e o acesso a diferentes serviços envolvidos na atenção aos portadores de hipertensão arterial na rede pública da cidade de São Paulo. Trata-se de estudo ecológico que abordou magnitude, tendência e relações de procedimentos ambulatoriais vinculados à linha de c...

Epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory factors associated with chronic kidney disease in Mexican HIV-infected patients

J. bras. nefrol; 41 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Aim: To determine the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory factors associated with CKD in Mexican HIV-infected patients. Methods: Cross-sectional study. We included 274 patients with HIV/AIDS. CKD was defined by the estimated glomerular f...

An atypical presentation of a severe and massive atheroembolic disease

J. bras. nefrol; 41 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Atheroembolic renal disease (AERD) is a kidney manifestation of atherosclerosis as a systemic disease. AERD is defined as a renal impairment secondary to embolization of cholesterol crystals with consequent occlusion of renal vascularization. The current case report describes one patient with mu...

Demographic, clinical characteristics and cardiovascular disease burden in a Portuguese cohort of older chronic kidney disease patients

J. bras. nefrol; 41 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an independent risk factor for several unfavorable outcomes including cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly in the elderly, who represent the most rapidly growing segment of the end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) population. Portugal has the highe...

¿Nuevas metas de tensión arterial?
New blood pressure's goals?

A finales del año 2017 fue publicada la nueva guía de práctica clínica sobre hipertensión arterial del Colegio Americano de Cardiología. Esta ha provocado gran polémica, pues redefinió la hipertensión arterial (HTA), llevando la cifra límite de presión arterial sistólica (PAS) de 140 mmHg a 1...

Obesidad, hipertensión, síndrome metabólico y diabetes mellitus tipo 2 en dadores de sangre, individuos presuntamente sanos, del banco de sangre, tejidos y biológicos, de la ciudad de Posadas
Obesity, hypertension, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus in blood donors, presumably healthy individuals, from the blood, tissue and biological bank of the city of Posadas

Resumen La enfermedad cardiovascular ocupa uno de los primeros puestos como causa de muerte en el mundo. Durante el primer año del proyecto, nos propusimos hallar la prevalencia y su distribución por sexo de hipertensión, obesidad general y abdominal en donantes de sangre. Establecer la frecuencia y s...