Investigating hypertension in civil servants of Thanh Nhan hospital and identifying some hypertension patient's complication
- Author:
To Van Hai
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Hypertension;
Men;
Diseases
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2003;458(8):33-36
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Investigate the rate of hypertension in 548 staffs of Thanh Nhan Hospital from May to July 2001, the results showed that hypertension is common disease in these subjects. Men experienced hypertension more than women. The rate of hypertension increased according to age, especially in people >50 years old. Risk factors are male, older, intellectual, family history of hypertension, no exercise, sleepless, drinking, smoking. Common complications of hypertension are disturbance cholesterol, glucose, ure... in blood, change in ECG and X-ray and on retinae