Open AccessPharmacoepidemiology of hypertensive disease in the Ulyanovsk Region
Author(s) -
В. А. Серов,
V. L. Ruzov,
В. И. Горбунов,
Ye. V. Movchan,
Д. П. Драпова
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
arterialʹnaâ gipertenziâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2411-8524
pISSN - 1607-419X
DOI - 10.18705/1607-419x-2005-11-1-38-40
Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , pharmacoepidemiology , hypertensive disease , outpatient clinic , disease , angiotensin converting enzyme , pharmacology , traditional medicine , blood pressure
To study the pharmacoepidemiology of hypertensive disease (HD) in the Ulyanovsk Region, as well as its conformity to the present state-of-the-art, prescriptions were analyzed by examining the outpatient medical records of hypertensive patients treated in different therapeutic-and-prophylactic institutions of Ulyanovsk and its Region. A total of 681 outpatient medical records were analyzed. The treatment of hypertensive patients in the Ulyanovsk Region is up to the present-day recommendations. The basic classes of antihypertensive agents prescribed by the physicians of the Ulyanovsk Region were angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors used in 84,6% of the cases, diuretics in 66.1%, calcium antagonists and ß-adrenoblockers in 28,2 and 27,8%, respectively. In the Ulyanovsk Region, the proportion of long-acting antihypertensive agents prescribed to patients with HD was found to remain low as compared with the results of the PIFAGOR study, which is mainly accounted for by economical causes.