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AUTHOR
José Luis Llisterri Caro
Control de la presión arterial de los pacientes diabéticos en el ámbito de atención primaria. Estudio DIAPA
Fundamento y objetivo Conocer el control de la presion arterial (PA) en pacientes con diabetesmellitus (DM) visitados en atencion primaria (AP), y determinar los factores asociados a uncontrol suboptimo de la PA. Pacientes y metodo Estudio transversal y multicentrico. Noventa investigadores incluyeron a875 pacientes con DM (57,8% mujeres), con edad media (DE) de 64 (11,8) anos. La PA semidio segun las recomendaciones del Sexto Informe del Joint National Committee (JNC-VI) yde la Organizacion Mundial de la Salud/Sociedad Internacional de Hipertension (OMS/ISH),calculandose la media aritmetica de tres tomas sucesivas. Se considero hipertensos a los pacientescon diagnostico previo establecido,…
Sexual dysfunction in hypertensive patients treated with losartan.
ABSTRACT Background Impaired erectile function in men is a component of the dysmetabolic syndrome of high blood pressure as well as a sequela of antihypertensive therapy. This prospective interventional study in men with uncontrolled hypertension (blood pressure ≥ 140/90 mm Hg) used a survey instrument to assay sexual dysfunction before and after therapy with losartan. Methods We evaluated the influence of a 12-week therapy with losartan in 82 hypertensive subjects with (n = 82) and without (n = 82) a diagnosis of erectile dysfunction using a self-administered questionnaire validated in another 60 subjects with hypertension. Results: From an initial sample of 323 hypertensive men and women,…