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Mission 70/26 project: improving blood pressure control in Portugal

Purpose: As reported in most European countries, the percentage of treated hypertensive patients achieving a well-controlled blood pressure (e.g. < 140/90 mmHg) is insufficient. This represents a major health concern particularly in countries with a high prevalence of cardiovascular events such as stroke. Therefore, there is a need to develop national programs to increase not only the awareness regarding elevat...

EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATION IN PRIMARY CARE...

Introduction: Cerebrovascular diseases (CerVD) are the first and second cause of dead among women and men, respectively, in industrialized countries. The main cardiovascular risk factor (CVRF) is hypertension. This information is provided by large international cohorts, however, local reality can be different and remains uncharacterized. We seek to clarify the association of CVRF and CerVD coding in a primary c...

HBPM: WHAT WE ARE LOSING

Introdução: As doenças cardiovasculares (CV) são um problema de saúde pública nas sociedades modernas, representando a hipertensão arterial (HTA) um dos principais fatores de risco, com consequente morbilidade e mortalidade associadas. Os métodos de avaliação da pressão arterial (PA) evoluíram nas últimas décadas, com uma maior acessibilidade e facilidade de utilização para a maioria da populaç...

Mission 70/26 Project: improving blood pressure control in Portugal

Purpose: As reported in most European countries, the percentage of treated hypertensive patients achieving a well-controlled blood pressure (e.g. < 140/90 mmHg) is insufficient. This represents a major health concern particularly in countries with a high prevalence of cardiovascular events such as stroke. Therefore, there is a need to develop national programs to increase not only the awareness regarding elevat...

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK PROFILE IN A FAMILY HEALTH UNIT

Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death in Portugal and worldwide, accounting for 37% of all causes in the EU. Smoking plays a key role in the development of premature coronary disease. The Framingham Risk Score (FRS) developed by D ‘Agostino et al is used to stratify CVD risk as well as to identify at-risk individuals who are candidates for cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) mo...

A Gonorrhea: a brief history of evolution: A brief history of the evolution of ...

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Parâmetros genéticos da peeira em ovinos das raças Merina Branca e Merina Preta...

A peeira influencia negativamente diversos aspetos da ovinicultura e tem grande impacto económico e social em diversos países produtores de ovinos de ambos os hemisférios, particularmente na indústria da lã fina, amplamente dominada pelas raças Merinas. Com este trabalho pretendeu-se estimar componentes de variância associados à peeira em ovinos das raças Merina Branca (MB) e Merina Preta (MP), tendo sido reali...

As ciências económicas e sociais agrárias no quadro da regionalização universit...

Neste texto incluem-se, sem preocupação de exaustividade, algumas das transformações curriculares ocorridas no quadro da regionalização do ensino universitário. Percorremos vários pólos universitários regionais tentando circunscrever sobretudo os caminhos do ensino e da investiga- ção económica e social agrária – em particular centrada na área da gestão da empresa agrícola. Recolhemos contribui...

The OXIMAPA Study: Hypertension Control by ABPM and Association with Sleep Apne...

Introduction: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring by automatic device is the best blood pressure evaluation method and sleep apnea syndrome is the leading cause of poor control. Oximetry allows screening these individuals but its usefulness has been poorly explored in Primary Health Care. The aim was to evaluate the blood pressure control at the office and with ambulatory blood pressure monitoring by automatic...