%0 Journal Article
%T Factores de riesgo de las urgencias hipertensivas: Policl¨ªnico "Ra¨²l S¨¢nchez", 2008
%A Rodr¨ªguez Ramos
%A Jorge F¨¦lix
%A Boffill Corrales
%A Acela
%A Fern¨¢ndez Montequin
%A Zoila C
%A Herrera Garc¨ªa
%A Amyris
%A Conchado Mart¨ªnez
%A Julio H
%J Revista de Ciencias M£¿£¿dicas de Pinar del R£¿-o
%D 2009
%I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas
%X a case-control study was conducted with hypertensive patients aimed at identifying the risk factors on the onset of emergencies during the first term of 2007 at "raul sanchez" teaching outpatient clinic. one hundred (100) cases and 200 controls at random were analyzed, 1:2. in male sex the risk increased four-folds (or 4,45; ci 1,98-10,12; p 0,000) and the age older than 65 years old increased it twelve times (or 11,87; ci 4,91- 29,33; p 0,000). smoking increased the risk four-folds (or 4,89; ci 1,99-12,97; p 0,000). out of the premorbid factors, hypercholesteremia increased the risk six times (or 7,21; ci 3,05-17,30; p 0,000), followed by sedentary lifestyle (or 6,69; ci 2,79-16,26; p0, 000), among others. uncontrolled blood pressure doubled the risk (or 2,30; ic 1,07-4,99; p 0,000). severe hypertension nearly increased the risk five times (or 4,96; ci 1,97-12,65; p 0,000).
%K hypertension/emergency
%K risk factors.
%U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1561-31942009000200005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en