Journal: | Acta scientiarum. Health science |
Database: | PERIÓDICA |
System number: | 000337941 |
ISSN: | 1679-9291 |
Authors: | Lacerda, Ione Cavalcante1 Veloso, Samuel Diogenes Gomes1 Souza, Ana Celia Caetano de1 Moreira, Thereza Maria Magalhaes1 |
Institutions: | 1Universidade Estadual do Ceara, Fortaleza, Ceara. Brasil |
Year: | 2010 |
Season: | Ene-Jun |
Volumen: | 32 |
Number: | 1 |
Pages: | 73-78 |
Country: | Brasil |
Language: | Portugués |
Document type: | Artículo |
Approach: | Experimental, aplicado |
English abstract | The objective was to describe the characteristics of the clientele with hypertensive crisis. The research, which was quantitative, descriptive and documentary, was conducted at a municipal hospital in Fortaleza, Ceará Estate in 2006. In the analysis of 790 patient files, we found that 48.2% of patients presenting hypertensive crisis were in the age group between 40 and 59 years old. Most of the individuals were married (57.5%). The main symptoms were headache (35.7%) and chest pain (12.3%), and in 36.8% of files there was no record of signs and symptoms. The most prescribed medications were captopril (90.6%) and furosemide (53%). We conclude that hypertensive crisis affects many adults, most married and who usually go to the emergency room for clinical evaluation of a sign/symptom. We emphasize the need to alert health professionals about the importance of records for knowledge and understanding of the characteristics of that clientele, to control and prevent hypertensive crisis |
Portuguese abstract | Objetivou-se descrever as características da clientela com crise hipertensiva. A pesquisa, quantitativa, descritiva e documental foi realizada em um hospital municipal de Fortaleza, Estado do Ceará em 2006. Na análise de 790 fichas de atendimento, observamos que 48,2% dos pacientes que apresentavam crise hipertensiva, encontravam-se na faixa etária de 40 a 59 anos e a maioria dos indivíduos era de casados (57,5%). Os principais sintomas encontrados foram cefaleia (35,7%) e dor precordial (12.3%) e, em 36,8% das fichas, não houve registro de sinais e sintomas. As medicações mais prescritas foram o captopril (90,6%) e furosemida (53%). Conclui-se que a crise hipertensiva acomete muitos adultos, a maioria casados e que geralmente vão à emergência para fazer avaliação clínica de algum sinal/sintoma. Ressalta-se a necessidade de se alertar os profissionais de saúde quanto à importância do registro para conhecimento e compreensão das características dessa clientela para o controle e a prevenção da crise hipertensiva |
Disciplines: | Medicina |
Keyword: | Salud pública, Sistema cardiovascular, Hipertensión, Epidemiología, Urgencias, Registros médicos |
Keyword: | Medicine, Cardiovascular system, Public health, Hypertension, Epidemiology, Emergency services, Medical record |
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