Cardiovascular Complications in Hospitalized Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease During the Period January 2015 - December 2020.
Abstract:
Introduction: Chronic Kidney Disease is nothing more than the progressive and irreversible deterioration of kidney function. It is considered chronic when it exceeds 3 months.
Methods: A retrospective descriptive study of "case groups" was carried out in order to determine the most common cardiovascular complications in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease who were treated at the Hospital General Plaza de la Salud during the 2015-2020 period.
Results: In this study, for the non-probabilistic sample of the total volume of patients from 2015-2020, a total of 120 patients were taken who met the inclusion criteria, which were the following: patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, Hypertensive patients, Obese or Diabetics who suffer from Chronic Kidney Disease, patients of both sexes, age is not discriminated and patients 20 years of age and older. Of this sample, 59% correspond to the male sex group that consists of 70 patients, while 41% correspond to the female sex whose group is consists of 50 patients. Regarding the most predominant age range, we found that 53% of the patients were between 61-80 years of age. The result of the study showed that the main Cardiovascular Complications in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease were: Hypertension, Heart Failure and Arrhythmias, with Hypertension being the most common complication, being present in 49% of the patients included in this study.
