A multicentre, cross-sectional study investigating the prevalence of hypertensive disease in patients presenting for elective surgery in the Western Cape Province, South Africa.

CONCLUSIONS: The perioperative period may be an important opportunity to identify undiagnosed hypertensive patients. The perioperative encounter may have a significant public health implication in facilitating appropriate referral and treatment of patients with hypertension to decrease long-term cardiovascular complications in SA. PMID: 30004348 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30004348?dopt=Abstract

Source: South African Medical Journal - July 15, 2018 Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research