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ANALYSIS OF HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS, BURDEN, MANAGEMENT, AND OUTCOME AMONG LOCAL POPULATION OF PAKISTAN

Dr Sana Hanif, Dr Madiha Ansar, Dr Tahira Yasmeen

Introduction: Hypertension is a common chronic medical condition affecting people in Pakistan and the rest of the world. Aims and objectives: The basic aim of the study is to analyse the hypertensive crisis, burden, management, and outcome among local population of Pakistan. Material and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in Allied hospital Faisalabad during November 2018 to March 2019. The data was collected from 100 hypertensive patients who visited the OPD of the hospital regularly. Adult inpatients (>18 yrs) presenting to the ER who were known hypertensive and had uncontrolled hypertension were included. Controlled blood pressure was defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP) <140 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) <90 mm Hg. Results: The data was collected from 100 hypertension patients. Mean age of patients presenting was 56.7±4.57 years. Overall, dyslipidemia was the most common comorbidity in patients presenting with uncontrolled hypertension to the ER with the prevalence of 43.2% (167) followed by diabetes mellitus, 36.9% (143), and ischemic heart disease, 21.4% (83), and 13.9% (54) of them were smokers. Conclusion: It is concluded that strategies should be taken to improve hypertension prevention in the whole population, to increase hypertension detection, management, and control.

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