<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<journal-id>2221-2434</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Finlay]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Finlay]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2221-2434</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. Centro Provincial de información de Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2221-24342022000200160</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Caracterización de pacientes hipertensos en un centro de aislamiento para la COVID-19]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Characterization of Hypertensive Patients in an Isolation Center for COVID-19]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Castro Barberena]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Adys]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Santiesteban Vázquez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Viana Elina]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Naranjo Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Laura]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mesa Montero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Zulema Tamara]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Llanes Torres]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marlén]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez Guerra]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Amarilis]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cienfuegos ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>12</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>160</fpage>
<lpage>167</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2221-24342022000200160&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2221-24342022000200160&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2221-24342022000200160&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Fundamento: una de las enfermedades más frecuentes en pacientes con COVID-19 es la hipertensión. También es la que se presenta en más pacientes con complicaciones graves y su posterior fallecimiento. Es además la patología crónica que más se muestra en pacientes ingresados en centros de aislamiento por contactos de casos positivos a la COVID-19.  Objetivo:  caracterizar a los pacientes contactos de casos positivos de COVID-19 con hipertensión ingresados en uno de los centros de aislamiento de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos entre enero y abril del 2021.  Métodos: se realizó un estudio de tipo descriptivo, transversal y prospectivo. El universo estuvo conformado por 275 pacientes, todos mayores de 18 años, con sospecha de COVID-19 ingresados con diagnóstico de hipertensión durante el período comprendido entre enero y abril de 2021, en uno de los centros de aislamiento de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la provincia Cienfuegos. Las variables estudiadas fueron: edad, sexo, color de la piel, procedencia, tiempo de evolución de la hipertensión, patologías asociadas y comportamiento de las cifras de tensión arterial durante el ingreso. Los resultados se presentan en frecuencias absolutas y relativas, a través de tablas y gráficos estadísticos, empleando medias, medianas y porcentajes.  Resultados:  predominaron los mayores de 60 años y del sexo femenino, aquellos que presentaron más de 10 años de evolución de la hipertensión arterial y con diabetes mellitus como patología asociada. Durante la estancia en el hospital un menor número de hipertensos presentó cifras elevadas de tensión arterial.  Conclusiones:  continúa siendo la hipertensión la comorbilidad más frecuente vinculada a la mortalidad por el virus en los mayores de 60 años y del sexo femenino.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Background:  one of the most frequent diseases in patients with COVID-19 is hypertension. It is also the one that occurs in more patients with serious complications and subsequent death. It is also the chronic pathology that is most commonly seen in patients admitted to isolation centers due to contacts of positive cases of COVID-19.  Objective:  to characterize the contact patients of COVID-19 positive cases with hypertension admitted to one of The Cienfuegos University of Medical Sciences isolation centers between January and April 2021.  Methods:  a descriptive, cross-sectional and prospective study was carried out. The studied universe was 275 patients suspected of having COVID-19 admitted during the study period, all over 18 years of age with a diagnosis of hypertension during the period between January and April 2021, in one of the Cienfuegos Medical Sciences University isolation centers. The variables studied were: age, sex, skin color, origin, evolution time of hypertension, associated pathologies and behavior of blood pressure figures during admission. The results are presented in absolute and relative frequencies, through tables and statistical graphs, using means, medians and percentages.  Results:  those older than 60 years old and female prevailed, as well as those who presented more than 10 years of arterial hypertension evolution and with diabetes mellitus as an associated pathology. During the hospital stay, a smaller number of hypertensive patients presented high blood pressure.  Conclusions:  the most frequent linked comorbidity keeps on being the hypertension to the mortality for the virus in the elders of 60 years and of the female sex.]]></p></abstract>
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