University of Medical Sciences of Holguín. Faculty of Medical Sciences Mariana Grajales Cuello. Holguín, Cuba.
University of Medical Sciences of Holguín. Faculty of Medical Sciences Mariana Grajales Cuello. Holguín, Cuba.
Alex Urquiola Marrero University Polyclinic. Holguín, Cuba.
Introduction: hypertension is a public health worldwide problem; one of its main complications is hypertensive retinopathy which compromises the individual functional integrity. The retinal damage initiates in the presence of chronic hypertensive systemic conditions, starting with and increased arteriolar tone and generalized narrowing.
Objective: to describe the behavior of hypertensive retinopathy in patients admitted with hypertensive emergency at Vladimir Lenin Hospital from Holguin province in the period of January 2019 to December 2020.
Method: an observational descriptive retrospective with a cross-sectional court study was made. From 223 patients, 97 were selected, using a non-probabilistic intentional sampling. It was utilized the descriptive statistics.
Results: from the studied patients, 31 were between 60 and 69 years (31,9 %), 58 were masculine (59,8 %) and 36 had black skin (37,1 %). Patients with hypertensive retinopathy that were classified with Keith Wagener Barker grade 1 represented the 46,4 %. Stage 2 hypertension was presented in 37 patients (38,1 %). There was predominance of cases with a twenty of more years from evolution (52,6 %).
Conclusions: in the investigation existed predominance of third age, black skin and masculine patients. Most of patients had hypertensive retinopathy with Keith Wagener Barker grade 1, stage 2 hypertension and more than twenty years of evolution.
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