Introduction:

Hypertensive emergencies are one of the most frequent acute complications of arterial hypertension and the cause of premature death among adults. Many publications advocate the use of traditional and natural medicine as an effective and safe therapeutic method for its management.

Objective:

To assess the effectiveness of acupuncture against hypertensive emergencies during the preoperative period in patients who will undergo minor outpatient surgical interventions at Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso Clinical-Surgical Hospital, from January to October 2019.

Methods:

A therapeutic intervention study was carried out. The population consisted of 150 hypertensive patients who were randomly assigned to either a study group that received acupuncture or a control group that received drug treatment, all of whom underwent Western and Eastern diagnoses. Both groups consisted of 75 patients.

Results:

The age set 45-54 years predominated in both groups, together with a greater number of sick women. The symptom that most affected all the patients was headache and there was superiority of the diagnosis of Liver-fire hyperactivity syndrome. 74% of the patients who received acupuncture improved, while 66% achieved it as part of the control group.

Conclusions:

Acupuncture turned out to be effective in patients with hypertensive emergencies during the preoperative period for minor outpatient surgeries.

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