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The frequency of hypertension crises in the emergency medical service department in tuzla.
Med Arch. 2013 Dec; 67(6):393-6.MA

Abstract

OBJECTIVES

The aim of this study was to evaluate a frequency and clinical presentation of hypertension crises due to age, gender, duration and seriousness at Emergency Medical Service Department of the "Dr Mustafa Šehovic" Health Care Center Tuzla.

METHODS

The research was conducted in the period between November 2009 and April 2010 and involved 180 examinees of both genders, aging between 30 and 80 years of age with the diagnosis of arterial hypertension. The examinees were divided into two groups: control group consisting of examinees without hypertension crisis (95 examinees) and experimental group consisting of examinees with hypertensive crisis (85 examinees). Descriptive statistical methods were used in the statistical data processing.

RESULTS

The research results showed that there had been significantly more female examinees than the male ones (60% vs. 40%; p=0.007). The average age of male examinees was 55.83±11.06 years of age, and the average age of female examinees was 59.41±11.97 years of age. The hypertension crisis frequency was 47.22%, where the hypertensive urgencies were statistically significantly more present than the hypertensive emergencies (16.47%vs.83.53%; p<0.0001). The largest number of experimental group examinees (28.23%) belonged to the age group of 60 to 69 years of age; urgency 26.76% and emergency 35.71%. The largest number of examinees with hypertensive crisis (49.41%) appeared in the period between 6.00 p.m. and 11.59 p.m. The largest number of emergency group examinees (69.01%) had been treated for arterial hypertension for ten years, and the examinees from the emergency group (42.86%) had been treated for 10, 11 and 20 years. The average blood pressure value at the hypertensive crisis examinees was 204.82/126.58 mmHg.

CONCLUSIONS

The frequency of hypertensive crises in the Emergency Medical Service Department is high and it reaches 47.22%. Hypertensive urgencies were significantly more present in terms of statistics than the hypertensive emergencies (83.53% vs. 16.47%; p<0.0001).

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Salkic S
Emergency Medical Service Department, Community Health Care Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ljuca F
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Batic-Mujanovic O
Family Medicine Education Centre, Community Health Care Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Brkic S
Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mesic D
Anesthesiology and Resuscitation Clinic, University Clinical Centre Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mustafic S
Biochemistry Institute, University Clinical Centre Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

MeSH

Acute DiseaseAdultAge FactorsAgedBosnia and HerzegovinaCritical IllnessEmergency Medical ServicesFemaleHumansHypertensionMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceProspective StudiesRisk FactorsSex FactorsTime Factors

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

25568505

Citation

Salkic, Sabina, et al. "The Frequency of Hypertension Crises in the Emergency Medical Service Department in Tuzla." Medical Archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina), vol. 67, no. 6, 2013, pp. 393-6.
Salkic S, Ljuca F, Batic-Mujanovic O, et al. The frequency of hypertension crises in the emergency medical service department in tuzla. Med Arch. 2013;67(6):393-6.
Salkic, S., Ljuca, F., Batic-Mujanovic, O., Brkic, S., Mesic, D., & Mustafic, S. (2013). The frequency of hypertension crises in the emergency medical service department in tuzla. Medical Archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina), 67(6), 393-6. https://doi.org/10.5455/medarh.2013.67.393-396
Salkic S, et al. The Frequency of Hypertension Crises in the Emergency Medical Service Department in Tuzla. Med Arch. 2013;67(6):393-6. PubMed PMID: 25568505.
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TY - JOUR T1 - The frequency of hypertension crises in the emergency medical service department in tuzla. AU - Salkic,Sabina, AU - Ljuca,Farid, AU - Batic-Mujanovic,Olivera, AU - Brkic,Selmira, AU - Mesic,Dzenita, AU - Mustafic,Sehveta, Y1 - 2013/12/28/ PY - 2013/08/18/received PY - 2013/11/25/accepted PY - 2015/1/9/entrez PY - 2015/1/9/pubmed PY - 2015/1/9/medline KW - emergency KW - hypertensive crisis KW - urgency SP - 393 EP - 6 JF - Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) JO - Med Arch VL - 67 IS - 6 N2 - OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate a frequency and clinical presentation of hypertension crises due to age, gender, duration and seriousness at Emergency Medical Service Department of the "Dr Mustafa Šehovic" Health Care Center Tuzla. METHODS: The research was conducted in the period between November 2009 and April 2010 and involved 180 examinees of both genders, aging between 30 and 80 years of age with the diagnosis of arterial hypertension. The examinees were divided into two groups: control group consisting of examinees without hypertension crisis (95 examinees) and experimental group consisting of examinees with hypertensive crisis (85 examinees). Descriptive statistical methods were used in the statistical data processing. RESULTS: The research results showed that there had been significantly more female examinees than the male ones (60% vs. 40%; p=0.007). The average age of male examinees was 55.83±11.06 years of age, and the average age of female examinees was 59.41±11.97 years of age. The hypertension crisis frequency was 47.22%, where the hypertensive urgencies were statistically significantly more present than the hypertensive emergencies (16.47%vs.83.53%; p<0.0001). The largest number of experimental group examinees (28.23%) belonged to the age group of 60 to 69 years of age; urgency 26.76% and emergency 35.71%. The largest number of examinees with hypertensive crisis (49.41%) appeared in the period between 6.00 p.m. and 11.59 p.m. The largest number of emergency group examinees (69.01%) had been treated for arterial hypertension for ten years, and the examinees from the emergency group (42.86%) had been treated for 10, 11 and 20 years. The average blood pressure value at the hypertensive crisis examinees was 204.82/126.58 mmHg. CONCLUSIONS: The frequency of hypertensive crises in the Emergency Medical Service Department is high and it reaches 47.22%. Hypertensive urgencies were significantly more present in terms of statistics than the hypertensive emergencies (83.53% vs. 16.47%; p<0.0001). SN - 0350-199X UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/25568505/The_frequency_of_hypertension_crises_in_the_emergency_medical_service_department_in_tuzla_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -