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II Consenso Centroamericano y del Caribe de Insuficiencia Cardíaca Manejo de co-morbilidades

Rev. costarric. cardiol; 20 (supl.2), 2018

Adiponectin levels and sleep deprivation in patients with endocrine metabolic disorders

SUMMARY BACKGROUND: Sleep abnormalities are frequent in patients with endocrine metabolic disorders (EMD) such as arterial hypertension, diabetes and obesity. Adiponectin is a peptide largely secreted by adipocytes and has various properties e.g. anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiatherogenic, pro-angi...

Associação entre adesão ao tratamento anti-hipertensivo e integralidade no atendimento de enfermeiros

Objetivo: verificar a associação entre nível de adesão dos clientes ao tratamento anti-hipertensivo e a integralidade no atendimento de enfermeiros. Método: pesquisa de abordagem quantitativa, desenvolvida na cidade de Fortaleza-CE, com 602 hipertensos atendidos em um Centro de Saúde de Atenção S...

Crise hipertensiva entre usuários de um serviço de pronto atendimento: estudo retrospectivo

Objetivos: identificar a frequência e caracterizar as crises hipertensivas (CH) entre pacientes atendidos em um serviço de saúde. Método: estudo quantitativo, descritivo e retrospectivo, com dados obtidos a partir de 60.133 prontuários de pacientes que buscaram o serviço de pronto-atendimento de um...

A Extensão Universitária como estratégia para a Educação em Saúde com um grupo de idosos

Rev. Kairós (Online); 21 (4), 2018
Trata-se de um relato de experiência baseado nas vivências de estudantes do curso de graduação em Enfermagem de uma Universidade pública do interior do estado do Ceará, Brasil, com um grupo de idosos de um Centro de Saúde da Família. As ações foram desenvolvidas por meio de abordagens grupais, ...

Association between follow-up in health services and antihypertensive medication adherence

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association between the characteristics of follow-up in health services and adherence to antihypertensive medication in patients with cardiovascular disease. Method: Analytical study carried out with 270 patients suffering from hypertension and hospitalized due to car...

The waiting room: potential for people with arterial hypertension to learn

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the meanings assigned by people with systemic arterial hypertension to health education actions in the waiting room. Method: This is an analytical qualitative study, held in 2016 with 19 people with arterial hypertension from a health unit. The data were collected in hous...

Influence of socio-demographic, clinical and surgical variables on the Aldrete-Kroulik Scoring System

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the influence of the variables sex, age, type of anesthesia, occurrence of intraoperative complications, pain and surgical complexity on the Aldrete-Kroulik Scoring System in patients in the immediate postoperative period, in the post-anesthesia care unit. Method: Non-ex...

Efectividad de un modelo de manejo de pacientes con hipertensión y diabetes tipo II en atención primaria

Rev. méd. Chile; 146 (11), 2018
Background: Adequate management of high blood pressure (HBP) and Type 2 Diabetes (DM2) is a challenge to the healthcare system in Chile. Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of a case management (CM) approach to manage HBP and DMII at Primary Healthcare (PHC) level, headed by healthcare technicians with t...

Prevalence of physical inactivity and its effects on blood pressure and metabolic parameters in a Brazilian Urban Population

Background: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in the world and physical inactivity represents an important risk factor. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of physical inactivity in the adult population and its effects on blood pressure, blood glucose and lipid p...