RESUMO
Se realizó un estudio prospectivo multicéntrico de 169 pacientes con IRCT que recibían tratamiento hemodialítico en seis servicios de Nefrología de la región oriental del país, incluyéndose a todos los enfermos que llevaran al menos tres meses de tratamiento sustitutivo. El 78,7 por ciento eran hipertensos y de ellos, el 82 por ciento recibían tratamiento hipotensor, encontrándose controlados solamente el 31,2 por ciento. Se realizó una comparación entre los enfermos con y sin HTA, encontrándose que no hubo diferencia significativa entre ambos grupos en cuanto a edad, sexo, hábito de fumar, cumplimiento de la dieta, presencia de edema, conocimiento del peso seco, tipo de acceso vascular, presencia de síntomas relacionados con la HTA, duración del tratamiento y cifras de hematocrito...(AU)
A prospective multicenter study in 169 patients with hemodialysis treatment for terminal renal failure in six centers in the north east of the country was done. There was 78,7 percent of hypertensive patients, antihypertensive medication was given (82 percent of the patients) and only 31,2 percent of them were well controlled. A comparison between patients with and without high blood pressure was done. There was a significant difference between both groups taking into account age, sex, cigarette smoking, diet, edema presence, vascular access, symptoms related with hypertension, treatment duration and hematocrit. Only weight increment which was over 2 Kg had an statistical significance with high blood pressure. It was concluded that there was a high prevalence of hipertensive patients and the control of the disease was very low(AU)