Chronic kidney occult disease in patients with high blood pressure

Abstract

Background: chronic kidney disease is considered a global public health problem, being asymptomatic in its earliest stages, the population is not aware of it.

Objective: to determine the hidden morbidity by chronic renal disease in early stages, in patients with arterial hypertension.

Methods: a study was conducted based on a descriptive, longitudinal, retrospective study. The universe was made up of 150 hypertensive patients from the No. 33 Doctors Office, from “Pedro Díaz Coello” Polyclinic, in the municipality of Holguín, during the year 2021. The sample of 41 patients was selected through non-probabilistic sampling taking into account some inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Results: the highest number of hypertensive patients was between 59 and 68 years, representing 36 %; males predominated in 19.5 %; the main risk factor was smoking in 12 patients with 29.26 %. According to renal markers (creatinine, microalbuminuria), 16 were altered with 39 %; according to the degree of chronic renal disease, in stage I, there is the greatest predominance for 62.5 % with 10 patients.

Conclusions: there was predominance in hypertensive patients with chronic kidney disease between the ages of 59 to 68 years and males, with smoking and obesity associated as risk factors present in most, with a higher number of stage I patients and a close relationship between high blood pressure and the hidden morbidity of chronic kidney disease.