Assessment of high blood pressure patients in the third year’s Surgical Clinic of the Dentistry course at Cesumar

  • Cristiane Menin CESUMAR
  • Flávia Gongora Bortoloto CESUMAR
  • Gustavo Jacobucci Farah CESUMAR
  • Liogi Iwaki Filho UEM
  • Lílian Cristina Vessoni Iwaki UEM
  • Pablo C. Comelli Leite UEM
  • Raquel Forlani Gentini CESUMAR

Abstract

With the increase of arterial hypertension in the Brazilian population, it has become essential to point out to undergraduate students the need for a thorough clinical examination of patients, and the special care with high blood pressure patients, especially in a surgical clinic where complications may be severe. The objective of this work has been to assess the number of high blood pressure patients that come the Surgical Clinic of the Dentistry course of CESUMAR, and find out if these patients knew that they had the disease and how to treat it. Arterial blood pressure was taken from 221 patients, 93 male and 128 female. The results showed 23 patients classified as having normal blood pressure; 101 were in the pre-stage of the disease; 49 in stage 1; 48 in stage 2. The authors set out to carry out a revision of the literature regarding the implications of the changes in blood pressure, and attempted to establish its incidence, knowledge the patients had and its repercussions in dental treatment.

Author Biographies

Cristiane Menin, CESUMAR
Acadêmica do 4º ano do Curso de Odontologia do Centro Universitário de Maringá – CESUMAR
Flávia Gongora Bortoloto, CESUMAR
Acadêmica do 4º ano do Curso de Odontologia do Centro Universitário de Maringá – CESUMAR
Gustavo Jacobucci Farah, CESUMAR
Orientador e docente do curso de Odontologia da disciplina de Cirurgia, Farmacologia e Anestésio do Centro Universitário de Maringá – CESUMAR –
Liogi Iwaki Filho, UEM
Doutor e docente do curso de Odontologia da disciplina de Cirurgia da Universidade Estadual de Maringá – UEM
Lílian Cristina Vessoni Iwaki, UEM
Doutora e Docente do curso de Odontologia da disciplina de radiologia da Universidade Estadual de Maringá – UEM
Pablo C. Comelli Leite, UEM
Residente do 2o. ano em Cirurgia e Traumatologia Bucomaxilofaciais da Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM
Raquel Forlani Gentini, CESUMAR
Acadêmica do 4 º ano do Curso de Odontologia do Centro Universitário de Maringá – CESUMAR
Published
2007-07-23
Issue
Vol 8 No 2 (2006)
Section
Artigos Originais
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