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FERREIRA GOULD, María Soledad; CORONEL DIAZ, Geovanna  y  RIVAROLA VARGAS, María Alesia. BENEFITS OF COMBINED ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY IN THE CONTROL OF BLOOD PRESSURE LEVELS. Rev Cient Cienc Méd [online]. 2021, vol.24, n.1, pp.25-29.  Epub 01-Jul-2021. ISSN 2077-3323.  https://doi.org/10.51581/rccm.v24i1.340.

Introduction: Arterial hypertension is defined in figures greater than or equal to 140/90 mmHg, is of high prevalence and increases general and cardiovascular morbimortality. Objective: To determine the prevalence of hypertension in patients attending the medical clinic of the Villa Elisa District Hospital, characterizing hypertensive patients, evaluating the treatment they use and whether or not they are controlled. Methodology: Observational, descriptive, retrospective, retrospective, cross-sectional study, sampling of consecutive cases, with patients seen in the clinic from June to September 2019, clinical records of 488 patients. The results were analyzed based on the 2018 European guidelines on arterial hypertension. Results: 35% were found to have a diagnosis of arterial hypertension and were receiving treatment for the disease; 67% of the sample from Villa Elisa. The median age was 62 years, where 75% of the sample were women. Only 13% of the patients had a Body Mass Index lower than 25, 35% were overweight and 52% obese. Forty percent of the patients are well controlled with figures below 140/90 mmHg with treatment. Among the men only 25% had controlled arterial hypertension, however the figure was 45% in women. Forty-eight percent of the patients used monotherapy, 39% used two drugs in combination. Conclusion: In the considerable percentage of hypertensive patients in the population, women registered more consultations than men; most of the patients were overweight or obese. Less than half presented good control of blood pressure figures and in men control was reduced to a quarter of the population; monotherapy prevails.

Palabras clave : Hypertension; Prevalence; Therapeutics; Treatment Efficacy; Combined Modality.

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