Hipertensión arterial sistémica en pacientes con COVID-19

Abstract

Introduction. - Arterial hypertension represented one of the most common comorbidities in patients with COVID-19, in Latin America 47.5% of the adult population has systemic arterial hypertension. The second country in South America with the highest number of infections is Ecuador with 819,886 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 35,160 deaths. Aim. - Analyze the current knowledge on the relationship between systemic arterial hypertension and COVID -19. Methodology. - In this bibliographic review article, the search and collection of impact information was carried out through various electronic databases, including: New England Journal of Medicine, Uptodate, Medscape, Cochrane, Pubmed, Elseiver, Scopus and clinical practice guidelines. Using around 30 documents that include the inclusion criteria for the study. Discussion. - In the study of the year 2019; Association Between Blood Pressure Control and Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outcomes in 45 418 Symptomatic Patients With Hypertension. An observation study. The association between preinfection blood pressure (BP) control and COVID-19 outcomes was examined using data from 460 general practices in England. The primary study was death within 28 days of Covid-19 diagnosis. Conclusions. - Arterial hypertension represented one of the most common comorbidities in patients with COVID-19, followed by diabetes mellitus and heart disease. Together, it was evidenced that the increase in blood pressure gradually increases the unfavorable results for both mortality, septic shock, respiratory failure, respiratory distress syndrome and admission to the intensive care unit.