Cardiovascular events and additional risk in hypertensive senior citizens
The research aimed to investigate cardiovascular events and additional risks in hypertensive senior citizens’ files attended in a Family Health Unit in Natal/RN, Brazil. This is a descriptive and documentary study developed based on 106 files from the Hiperdia Program registered from August to Decem...
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2014-02-01
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| author | Rosimeire Fontes de Queiroz Ângela Maria Alvarez Alacoque Lorenzini Erdmann Amanda Louise de Medeiros França Cláudia Bezerra de Souza Pereira |
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| description | The research aimed to investigate cardiovascular events and additional risks in hypertensive senior citizens’ files attended in a Family Health Unit in Natal/RN, Brazil. This is a descriptive and documentary study developed based on 106 files from the Hiperdia Program registered from August to December 2012. The results showed that 13.2% were victims of Stroke, 10.37% of Acute Myocardial Infarction and 8.4% of other coronary diseases. In the cardiovascular risk stratification, 68.86% did not show additional risks, 31.11% were classified from low to very high risk for cardiovascular diseases. The results allow the planning of actions to take care of hypertensive senior citizens and are worthy of consideration for the Nursing professional practice, especially regarding the reorganization of its working process avoiding possible events.
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| spelling | doaj-art-3a55d023417444ca84b6ac7e771dbc872025-08-20T13:01:43ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832014-02-01151Cardiovascular events and additional risk in hypertensive senior citizensRosimeire Fontes de QueirozÂngela Maria AlvarezAlacoque Lorenzini ErdmannAmanda Louise de Medeiros FrançaCláudia Bezerra de Souza PereiraThe research aimed to investigate cardiovascular events and additional risks in hypertensive senior citizens’ files attended in a Family Health Unit in Natal/RN, Brazil. This is a descriptive and documentary study developed based on 106 files from the Hiperdia Program registered from August to December 2012. The results showed that 13.2% were victims of Stroke, 10.37% of Acute Myocardial Infarction and 8.4% of other coronary diseases. In the cardiovascular risk stratification, 68.86% did not show additional risks, 31.11% were classified from low to very high risk for cardiovascular diseases. The results allow the planning of actions to take care of hypertensive senior citizens and are worthy of consideration for the Nursing professional practice, especially regarding the reorganization of its working process avoiding possible events. https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/3081AgedHypertensionCardiovascular DiseasesHealth Promotion. |
| spellingShingle | Rosimeire Fontes de Queiroz Ângela Maria Alvarez Alacoque Lorenzini Erdmann Amanda Louise de Medeiros França Cláudia Bezerra de Souza Pereira Cardiovascular events and additional risk in hypertensive senior citizens Rev Rene Aged Hypertension Cardiovascular Diseases Health Promotion. |
| title | Cardiovascular events and additional risk in hypertensive senior citizens |
| title_full | Cardiovascular events and additional risk in hypertensive senior citizens |
| title_fullStr | Cardiovascular events and additional risk in hypertensive senior citizens |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cardiovascular events and additional risk in hypertensive senior citizens |
| title_short | Cardiovascular events and additional risk in hypertensive senior citizens |
| title_sort | cardiovascular events and additional risk in hypertensive senior citizens |
| topic | Aged Hypertension Cardiovascular Diseases Health Promotion. |
| url | https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/3081 |
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