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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...

Stroke at baseline of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil): a cross-sectional analysis

Säo Paulo med. j; 136 (5), 2018
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Secondary prevention of stroke is a very important goal for achieving continuous reduction in stroke mortality rates over the next decades. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional analysis on the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health ­(ELSA-Brasil), with data from Salvador, V...

Uso de drogas antiglaucomatosas em pacientes com glaucoma severo: quantas são necessarias para controle da doenca?

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 77 (4), 2018
Resumo Introdução: O glaucoma e a principal causa de cegueira irreversivel no Brasil. Ate o momento nao se dispoe de uma droga ideal para o controle da pressao intraocular (PIO), geralmente necessitando associar dois ou mais medicamentos hipotensores, com frequentes instilacoes diarias e ma aderencia a...

Antihypertensive treatment adherence in workers of a General Hospital

ABSTRACT Objective: to assess antihypertensive treatment adherence and associated factors in workers from a hospital. Method: cross-sectional research, consisting of 108 workers who self-reported as being hypertensive. Associations between sociodemographic, work and health variables were assessed regar...

Factores asociados con hipertensión arterial no controlada en pacientes tratados en el Hospital Escuela Universitario (HEU)
Factors associated with uncontrolled high blood pressure in patients treated at HEU

Rev. méd. hondur; 86 (1/2), 2018
Introducción. La hipertensión arterial es la patología más vista en atención primaria, se ha descrito que la presión arterial no está controlada en el 40% de aquellos que reciben tratamiento. Objetivo. Determinar las características clínico-epidemiológicas de pacientes con diagnóstico de hiper...

Adherencia al plan integral de tratamiento antihipertensivo en pacientes de Ojojona, Francisco Morazán
Adherence to comprehesive hypertension treatment plan in patients from Ojojona, Francisco Morazán

Rev. méd. hondur; 86 (1/2), 2018
Antecedentes: La hipertensión arterial es una enfermedad crónica no transmisible altamente prevalente en Honduras. Es un factor de riesgo para enfermedades cardiovasculares, cerebrovasculares y renales. La mortalidad por enfermedades cardiovasculares es del 27% en el país, según la Org...

Crises hipertensivas: definindo a gravidade e o tratamento

As situações clínicas de aumento súbito da pressão arterial (PA) que caracterizam as crises hipertensivas são comuns na prática clínica, principalmente nas consultas realiza-das no pronto atendimento, portanto, o diagnóstico adequado é essencial para o melhor tratamento e desfecho clínico. A c...

Metabolic Syndrome-Related Features in Controlled and Resistant Hypertensive Subjects

Arq. bras. cardiol; 110 (6), 2018
Abstract Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is widespread among hypertensive patients. Clinical features and potential biomarkers of MetS in the presence of hypertension and resistant hypertension (RHTN) represent a great area of interest for investigation. Objective: The purpose of this study was t...

Tratamiento antihipertensivo en pacientes de bajo riesgo cardiovascular con hipertensión leve
Antihypertensive treatment in low-risk patients with mild hypertension

El control intensivo de la presión arterial en pacientes sin diabetes con enfermedad renal crónica no reduciría la progresión de la enfermedad renal
Intensive blood pressure control in nondiabetic patients with chronic kidney disease would not prevent kidney disease progression