Treatment of arterial hypertension in older adult patients in primary care: is there risk with the medication?

Authors

  • Kenneth Grenis Vargas Ponce Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cusco, Perú; Asociación Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina Humana del Cusco (ASOCIEMH-CUSCO), Cusco, Perú
  • Naysha Yanet Chávez Rondinel Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cusco, Perú; Asociación Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina Humana del Cusco (ASOCIEMH-CUSCO), Cusco, Perú
  • Diomar Taracaya Ugarte Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cusco, Perú; Asociación Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina Humana del Cusco (ASOCIEMH-CUSCO), Cusco, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v77i3.12425

Abstract

Mr. Editor: Hypertension (HTA) is a public health problem worldwide, with complications of lethality and its prevalence is 30% to 45% in the general population (1). It is one of the leading causes of consultation in primary care and its prevalence increases with age, affecting 48% of people over 60 years according to studies of blood pressure in Spanish population in primary care centers (PRESCAP) (2 ).

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2016-10-12

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Vol. 77 No. 3 (2016)

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Vargas Ponce KG, Chávez Rondinel NY, Taracaya Ugarte D. Treatment of arterial hypertension in older adult patients in primary care: is there risk with the medication?. An Fac med [Internet]. 2016 Oct. 12 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];77(3):291-2. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/12425