A Calcificação do Arco Aórtico na Radiografia de Tórax de Rotina está Fortemente e Independentemente Associada ao Padrão de Pressão Arterial

Abstract

Arterial hypertension is the most prevalent chronic disease worldwide, and it is estimated that in Brazil, according to the Vigitel study of 2018, the Brazilian population has 24.7% of hypertensive individuals. 1 It is the most important risk factor for all cardiovascular diseases, being one of the main factors responsible for stroke, coronary artery disease, heart failure, renal failure, and so on. Short Editorial Póvoa Aortic arch calcification and non-dipper blood pressure pattern

Evaluation of percutaneous renal biopsy complications based on outcomes and indicators of the Nursing Outcomes Classification

“…As for the Circulation status nursing outcome, assessed by the “systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure” indicators, it is highlighted that the values found at the eighth and 12th hours after the procedure were obtained in the early evening and during the night, which can explain the lower blood pressure values when compared to the patient’s baseline (before biopsy) or with the evaluation performed 24 hours after the procedure, which always happened during daytime hours when the patient was awake. It is known that the pressure values are lower during sleep, but without other associated clinical repercussions 30 - 31 . Therefore, an indicator should not be evaluated dissociated from a set of other clinical indicators, in order to obtain a reliable evaluation of an outcome 4 .…”

“…A number of studies indicate that blood pressure varies widely during 24 hours and during sleep, in healthy individuals, there is a progressive decrease in their values 30 . Blood pressure varies according to the circadian cycle, presenting nocturnal decline, whose normal value corresponds to a reduction of, at least, 10% in blood pressure during sleep in relation to wakefulness 31 .…”