MICROALBUMINURIA EN PACIENTES DIAGNOSTICADOS CON HIPERTENSIÓN ARTERIAL ATENDIDOS EN EL HOSPITAL VERDI CEVALLOS BALDA DE PORTOVIEJO, PERIODO MAYOOCTUBRE 2011

Abstract

A retrospective descriptive study was conducted to determine the incidence of microalbuminuria in patients diagnosed with Arterial hypertension at the Regional Hospital outpatient "Verdi Cevallos Balda" between May 2011 and October 2011, whereas the microalbuminuria is a precocious Indicator of kidney damage. A form that contains the variables with their categories to investigate was usedas a method of data collection in this study. 1424 Hypertensive patients with different pathologies were selected. These 282 clinics stories with a diagnosis of Arterial hypertension that formed the universe of study. In this universe took a sample of 28% of patients who undergoing thetest for Microalbuminuria, determining that 75% of patients diagnosed with Arterial hypertension presented positive Microalbuminuria, which indicates thatthey are candidates for severe complications such as Renal failure, acutemyocardial infarction, Vascular brain accident, among others. Another important fact is related to the sex of patients under investigation where there are higher incidence in males found statistical association with cigarette smoking, the age of the patients and the degree of control of hypertensive disease. These data allow us to conclude that at the outpatient Hospital "Verdi Cevallos Balda", when assessing the hypertensive patients not considered early method of diagnosis of renal failure. This allows us to conclude the consideration to the whole of hypertensive patients should be performed in the community as a method of diagnosis of easy and economic.