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CURBELO SERRANO, Vladimir; QUEVEDO FREITES, Gilberto; LEYVA DELGADO, Leovigildo  y  FERRA GARCIA, Bárbara María. Behavior of the hypertensive crisis present in patients from an integral diagnosis medical center. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2009, vol.25, n.3, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3038.

A descriptive and retrospective study was carried out to describe the behavior of hypertensive crises in Emergency Room of "Carvajal" Integral Diagnosis Medical Center from this municipality in Trujillo state, Venezuela from January to June, 2007. Universe included 104 patients diagnosed with hypertensive crises seen in emergency room during above period. For data collection charge records and micro-medical records were used as well as absolute end relative frequencies (percentage) to summarize the information and tables for its presentation. There was a male predominance, 50-59 years age group, and a great frequency of hypertensive urgencies. Encephalic vascular accidents (strokes) and the acute coronary syndrome, as well as left ventricle atrophy and rise of ST-segment within the electrocardiographic alterations, were the more significant.

Palabras clave : Arterial high blood pressure; hypertensive crises; hypertensive emergencies; hypertensive urgencies.

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