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Contribuições do Programa Mais Médicos ao desempenho de equipes de Saúde da Família na atenção à hipertensão e ao diabetes no Brasil, 2012 a 2015

Objetivo. Comparar as tendências temporais de acesso e utilização de serviços para controle de hipertensão arterial sistêmica (HAS) e diabetes mellitus (DM) em equipes com e sem a participação de profissionais do Programa Mais Médicos (PMM). Métodos. Utilizou-se um delineamento analítico-descr...

Effects of angiotensin II receptor blockers and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors on COVID-19: a narrative review of the literature

Introduction: An outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is currently affec-ting worldwide. The association between this virus and the upregulation of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) has been suggested as a potential as an important factor in the deve...

Os Efeitos do Climatério na Pressão Arterial Sistêmica

Rev. méd. Minas Gerais; 30 (supl.4), 2020
Introdução: Nas mulheres, o surgimento do quadro hipertensivo comumente está associado à chegada do climatério, fase em que apresentam uma redução da produção de estrógeno e aumento dos níveis de andrógenos. Nesse período, existe uma associação linear entre o aumento do peso e o aumento da...

Ankle-brachial Index and associated factors in individuals with coronary artery disease

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE Analyzing the association between ABI and the main risk factors for coronary artery disease in coronary patients. METHODS Were selected 156 adult patients from a hospital in Maceió, Alagoas. Were evaluated with risk factors age, obesity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking, an...

Prevalence of arterial hypertension and associated factors: a population-based study

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of hypertension in adults and analyze its association with socioeconomic, demographic, and lifestyle risk factors. METHODS Home-based cross-sectional epidemiological study conducted with adults of both sexes living in the cities of Teresina and Picos (PI)....

COVID-19 ¿por qué los niños son menos susceptibles?
COVID-19: Why children are less sensitive to it?

Rev. cuba. pediatr; 92 (), 2020

Profile of patients with hypertension and/or diabetes mellitus from Primary Healthcare units

ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the characteristics of patients with hypertension and/or diabetes mellitus from Primary Healthcare units. Methods This is a retrospective study, with data collected from December 2014 of patients with hypertension and/or diabetes from 13 Primary Healthcare units located ...

INSAF-HAS: a tool to select patients with hypertension for pharmaceutical care

ABSTRACT Objective To develop and validate the content of a tool aimed to select patients with hypertension for pharmaceutical care, based on identification of individuals in greater need of attention. Methods The tool was developed and assessed for face and content validity, which was carried out in...

Hipertensão arterial para homens: uma condição danosa e restritiva

Objetivo: compreender o significado da hipertensão arterial para homens hipertensos. Método: estudo qualitativo que entrevistou homens hipertensos atendidos em um Centro de Referência para Doenças Cardiovasculares localizado em Salvador, Bahia, Brasil. As entrevistas foram gravadas e transcritas na ...

Scientometrics on interventions used for adherence of hypertension and diabetes therapies

ABSTRACT Objective To identify interventions aimed to improve adherence to medical and non-medical antihypertensive and antidiabetic therapy. Methods Scientometric study conducted in February and March 2018, based on data collected on PubMed ® and SciELO databases, using the following search terms: ...