Abstract:Objective: This study was intended to determine the prevalence of HO and characteristics of patients who had an OH. Methodology: The study was cross-sectional, conducted in the cardiology department of the UH GT from January to June 2013 in a population of known hypertensive patients aged over 15 years seen as outpatients and who agreed to participate in the study. OH and NonOH were used to name patients with and without OH. OH was looked up to 5 min. The analysis was performed with SPSS software. Results: The overall prevalence of OH was 31.8% Age, SBP, DBP and HR were lower for NonHO patients resp. p = 0.004, <0.0001 <0.0001 and 0.016. The female sex had a low predictive value compared to male (OR 0.594 and p = 0.011). The OR for the occurrence of OH versus the age group > = 60 years were 1.974, 2.616 and 1.692 respectively for ages < 30, 30-44 and 45-59 years (p = 0.004). The OR for the occurrence of OH versus compared to higher education level were 0,411, 0,326 et 0,716 (p=0,049) resp. for unschooled, primary and secondary level. Conclusion: OH is frequent in the hypertensive population with nearly a third of patients. His research must be extended up to 5 minutes.
Background and Aim: The absence of data in our context motivates this study aiming to determine the frequency of AHF at the ICU, assess the in-hospital evolution of the disease and to find out poor prognosis. Material and Methods: It was an observational and descriptive study covering the time from January 1, 2014 to March 30, 2017 involving all inpatient records in ICU. From January 2014 to December 2017, collected data included those on socio-demographic, history of diseases and physical examination, and some labor data including Pro BNP, serum creatinine, blood ionogram, cardiac enzymes and blood count. Also data electrocardiography, echocardiography and in-hospital evolution were collected. Statistical Analysis: Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS (IBM Inc) version 18. Results: AHF occured in 47.36% with a mean age of 58.74 ± 18.407 and extremes of 17 and 90 years, women representing 53.1% (sex ratio Male:Female = 0.88). Hypertension and diabetes were the predominant cardiovascular risk factors with respectively 67.4% and 18.4%. At admission 44%, 37.7% and 17.9% of patients were respectively hypertensive, normotensive and hypotensive. The clinical expression was mainly global heart failure with 42.6% followed by left heart failure and right heart failure with respectively 37% and 20.4%. The coronary syndromes (all forms) was the first cause of ICA with 34% of cases followed by pulmonary embolism and hypertension with respectively 25.3% and 24.
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