T. Ureña Fernández's research while affiliated with Distrito Sanitario Granada-Metropolitano and other places

Publications (11)

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Objective To assess the knowledge of the hypertensive patients about their hypertension and their relation to its control. Material and methods Cross-sectional study among 400 hypertensive patients, all over 18 years, selected from 50 primary-care centres, who responded to an hypertension-related survey. Included variables were survey items, age,...
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To assess the agreement between Primary Care (PC) doctors and a cardiology specialist in diagnosing left ventricular hypertrophy in the electrocardiograph (LVH-ECG) in hypertensive patients. Cross-sectional, multicentre study. Andalusian Primary Care Centres. A total of 120 PC doctors who using a random sample selected patients of 35 years or more...
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The objective of the PREHVIA study was to assess the prevalence of electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy (ECG-LVH) and of atrial fibrillation (AF) among Andalusian hypertensive patients, and the relationship of this complications with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Cross-sectional study with selection of study centres following the distr...
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To establish what proportion of hypertensive patients being treated in the primary care health centres of Spain have diminished renal function, and to ascertain their level of blood pressure (BP) control. Descriptive, cross-sectional study, based on an external audit of clinical charts. Primary care health centres in 14 autonomous regions. A total...
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Objective To establish what proportion of hypertensive patients being treated in the primary care health centres of Spain have diminished renal function, and to ascertain their level of blood pressure (BP) control. Design Descriptive, cross-sectional study, based on an external audit of clinical charts. Setting Primary care health centres in 14 a...
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Objetivo Evaluar si el consumo habitual de antiinflamatorios no esteroideos (AINE), paracetamol y ácido acetilsalicílico (AAS) aumenta el riesgo de hipertensión arterial (HTA) en los individuos previamente normotensos. Emplazamiento Cohorte del estudio The Follow-Up Professionals Study1 con 51.529 profesionales del ámbito sanitario. Diseño Estudi...
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El efecto de las distintas clases de hipotensores en la incidencia de diabetes mellitus (DM) es controvertido, porque los metaanálisis tradicionales cuentan con la dificultad de la heterogeneidad de los ensayos clínicos (EC), y dada la ausencia de estudios que comparen los inhibidores de la enzima conversiva de la angiotensina (IECA) con los antago...

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... Estos porcentajes son mayores que los recogidos en estudios recientes donde no superan el 58,4 %, 42,3 % y el 35,8 % respectivamente, lo que puede estar condicionado por el nivel educativo de los encuestados, variable no medida en nuestro estudio, por la influencia de la farmacia comunitaria en mejorar el conocimiento de los pacientes y sus patologías o porque no se comprueba si la información es correcta y suficiente. Así, Benítez et al (16) señalan que el 79-82 % conocen que la HTA es una enfermedad crónica, pero 12,4-15,1% no tienen en cuenta el control de HTA. ...
... 21 A padronização de um procedimento para AMPA é fundamental para que pacientes e familiares possam ser orienta dos durante a consulta no ambulatório. 23 As recomendações para medida domiciliar devem ser as mesmas adotadas. 24 Valores superiores a 130/85 mmHg, pela AMPA, devem ser considerados alterados 25 (D). ...
... 12 A prevalência da DRC em doentes hipertensos não é unânime, com grandes variações em diferentes contextos e em diferentes países. [13][14][15] Tendo em conta esta heterogeneidade e sendo fundamental fazer o diagnóstico da situação em populações específicas, considerou-se pertinente avaliar a prevalência de DRC numa população hipertensa dos cuidados de saúde primários, bem como ve-rificar se existia associação com o controlo da tensão arterial, tempo de evolução da doença, existência concomitante de DM e utilização de fármacos Inibidores do eixo renina-angiotensina (iECA ou ARA). artigosbreves de investigação pela Comissão de Ética para a Saúde da Administração Regional de Saúde (ARS) do Norte. ...
... The motives for the request for an ECG included global health examinations of patients, follow-up of cardiovascular or cardiac conditions, and the presence of cardiac-related symptoms in a consultation. Sample size was calculated on a minimum of 151 tests, providing values for sensitivity of 67.5% [2,5,11], and prevalence of abnormalities of 9.3% for a confidence interval of 95% and a maximum error of 3.5%. ...
... 6 Vara-Gonzalez et al studied the prevalence of CKD in hypertensive patients on treatment at the PHC centers in Spain and reported that 25.7% patients had a reduced GFR. 7 Sharma et al reported a prevalence of eGFR less than 60 mL/min of 7.3-14% from a study conducted in China, Mongolia and Nepal, which is comparable to our findings; they also reported a prevalence of proteinuria in 2.4-10% of the subjects. 8 Singh reported a lower prevalence of proteinuria (2.25%) in India than our findings. ...