Protocolo clínico de avaliação e acompanhamento dos pacientes hipertensos

Abstract

Hypertension is a worrying public health problem in Brazil and worldwide. The complications of late diagnosis and inadequate treatment generate high rates of hospitalization, and complications and early, mainly secondary to cardiovascular events, which could often be avoided death. With the Family Health Strategy, the greater accessibility for people with hypertension to multidisciplinary health teams is facilitating earlier diagnosis and better therapeutic management of hypertension. This study set out to create a clinical protocol for assessment and monitoring of hypertensive patients, according to the main therapeutic approaches and alternatives most current and effective treatment to be applied by the Family Health Team I, Basic Health Unit Jardim Canada, in Nova Lima, Minas Gerais. The development of the clinical protocol was based on two steps: first, prioritized hypertension and its interfaces in the evaluation and monitoring of patients. The second stage took place through literature review by searching existing on the subject in the Virtual Health Library (VHL) Library the Scientific Electronic Online (SciELO), programs of the Ministry of Health and the state of Minas Gerais publications, scientific journals and medical books. After reviewing the literature, it was possible to develop a clinical protocol for assessment and monitoring of hypertensive patients, according to the main therapeutic approaches and alternatives most current and effective treatment.