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FERNANDEZ FERRER, Raúl Antonio  e  MOLINA HECHAVARRIA, Vivian. Assessment of the treatment for the control of high blood pressure in an urban community. MEDISAN [online]. 2011, vol.15, n.1, pp. 87-91. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 117 patients with high blood pressure that belong to the University Polyclinic "30 de Noviembre" was carried out, in the period between October to December 2007, in order to evaluate the control of hypertensive therapy. The disease prevailed in elderly, male gender fundamentally. More than one third of the patients with standard treatment were smokers and approximately one fifth of them consumed alcohol. In the case series, a high number of its participants mixed these hypotensive drugs with other drugs.

Palavras-chave : high blood pressure; antihypertensive treatment; toxics practice; mixture of drugs; primary health care.

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