Clinico-epidemiological features of patients attended during a hypertensive crisis in the emergency service of a municipal hospital of Fortaleza, Ceará
Hypertensive crisis is an abrupt and symptomatic arousal of the arterial pressure in which target-organs may suffer acute deterioration, resulting in death. This is a quantitative and descriptive study carried out in the emergency service of a municipal hospital of Fortaleza, Ceara. A total of 118 p...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) |
| Repositorio: | Reme (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/50566 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/reme/article/view/50566 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Presión Sanguínea Hipertensión Epidemiología Pressão Arterial Hipertensão Epidemiologia Blood Pressure Hypertension Epidemiology |
| Sumario: | Hypertensive crisis is an abrupt and symptomatic arousal of the arterial pressure in which target-organs may suffer acute deterioration, resulting in death. This is a quantitative and descriptive study carried out in the emergency service of a municipal hospital of Fortaleza, Ceara. A total of 118 patients who entered the service during April and July/2006 were evaluated. Results show that prevalence of hypertensive crisis was 0.3% and hypertensive urgencies were 88.1% of the cases. Untreated arterial hypertension and having a clinical comorbidity increase the risk of suffering a hypertensive crisis. Although prevalence is small, it is important to recognize the clinico-epidemiological profile of these patients in order to offer a more adequate care. |
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