2024, Number 1
Systemic arterial hypertension after COVID-19.
Language: Spanish
References: 17
Page: 11-15
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: a new type of coronavirus that was named SARS-CoV-2, responsible for the COVID-19 disease, with rapid spread in the world, due to high transmission that resulted in pandemic. There were 2'397,216 confirmed cases, with 162,956 deaths in the world, according to the WHO in April 2020. However, hypertension affects 40% of adults and means that around 250 million people suffer from high blood pressure. The WHO, according to its reports, refers that hypertension is the number one risk factor for death. One in four Mexicans suffers from high blood pressure. Objectives: to establish the incidence of systemic arterial hypertension after suffering from COVID-19 in patients of the UMF No. 48. Material and methods: it is a cross-sectional, observational and descriptive study, consisting of 3,238 patients with a positive COVID-19 diagnosis of both sexes, aged 18-70 years. Through the formula for infinite populations a sample of 348 patients is obtained. Will proceed with review of files in the Family Medicine Information System, version 6.2, to obtain the corresponding information. Results: 27 patients diagnosed with hypertension after the diagnosis of COVID-19, 52% of the male sex and 48% of the female sex, with a mean age of 39 years; 74% corresponds to a mild illness by COVID-19 and 26% to moderate disease. A median of 8 days per period of infection by COVID-19 is documented. In the female circle, the average onset of hypertension was 13 months and as for the male sex, the mean development of hypertension after COVID-19 was six months.REFERENCES
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