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<journal-id>1684-1824</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Médica Electrónica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev.Med.Electrón.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1684-1824</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1684-18242019000300628</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Síndrome metabólico en pacientes hospitalizados en Servicio de Geriatría]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Metabolic syndrome in patients hospitalized in Geriatric Services]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Galiano Guerra]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Giorgiet]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lastre Diéguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yamila]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Corrales García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Esther]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Álvarez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Roberto]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Japuz Cabrera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Dania]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Granma  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Granma]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Provincial de Higiene Epidemiología y Microbiología  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Granma]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>41</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>628</fpage>
<lpage>640</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1684-18242019000300628&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1684-18242019000300628&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1684-18242019000300628&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción: la prevalencia del síndrome metabólico, a nivel mundial, es muy elevada y continúa en aumento vertiginosamente en los últimos años. Por lo que se puede considerar una pandemia de la época contemporánea, se estima que el 25 % de la población adulta la padece.  Objetivo:  determinar la prevalencia del síndrome metabólico e identificar otras formas clínicas de enfermedad vascular ateroesclerótica, en gerontes hospitalizados en Servicios de Geriatría del Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Docente &#8220;Celia Sánchez Manduley&#8221;, Manzanillo, Granma; en el período comprendido entre junio 2015 a junio 2016.  Materiales y métodos: se realizó estudio observacional, descriptivo, de corte transversal. Se incluyeron los 120 senescentes que ingresaron en los Servicios de Geriatría.  Resultados:  se estableció el diagnóstico de síndrome metabólico en 105 individuos de 120 sujetos estudiados. El grupo de 70-79 años de edad y el sexo masculino fueron los más afectados por la endocrinopatía. Las otras formas clínicas de enfermedad vascular ateroesclerótica que se identificaron en los senescentes estudiados, fueron: cardiopatía isquémica, enfermedad cerebrovascular y cardiopatía hipertensiva.  Conclusiones:  existe una alta prevalencia del síndrome metabólico en los adultos mayores estudiados.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction: the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome is very high around the world and is still vertiginously increasing in the last years. Therefore, it can be considered a pandemic of the current times. It is thought that 25 % of the adult population suffers it.  Objective:  to determine the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and to identify other clinical forms of the atherosclerotic vascular disease in elder people who entered the Service of Geriatrics of the Provincial Teaching Clinical Surgical Hospital &#8220;Celia Sanchez Manduley&#8221;, of Manzanillo, Granma, in the period from June 2015 to June 2016.  Materials and methods:  a cross-sectional, observational, descriptive study was carried out with the inclusion of the 120 elder people who the Service of Geriatrics.  Results:  105 individuals of 129 studied were diagnosed with metabolic syndrome. The 79-79 age group and male sex were the most affected by endocrinopathy. Other clinical forms of the arteriosclerotic vascular disease identified in the studied elder people were ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease and hypertensive heart disease.  Conclusions:  there is a high prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among the studied elder people.]]></p></abstract>
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