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Volume 7 Issue 5 (May, 2019)
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Evaluation of clinical profile of patients with hypotension visiting tertiary care Hospital- A clinical study | |
Praveen Chaudhary | |
Background: Hypotension is a decrease in systemic blood pressure below accepted low values. Hypotension is commonly encountered problem these days. Hence; the present study was planned for evaluating the clinical profile of hypotension among patients visiting tertiary care center. Materials & methods: 189 Hypotensive patients were enrolled in the present study. Complete demographic profile of all the patients was obtained. A master chart was prepared and detailed clinical history and profile of all the patients was recorded. Past medical history and past family history of all the patients was also obtained. Assessment of clinical profile of hypotension was done in separate Microsoft excel sheets. All the results were analyzed by SPSS software. Results: Palpitations were found to be present in 53.44 percent of the patients. Rapid breathing and blurred vision was found to be present in 49.74 percent and 47.09 percent of the patients respectively. Cold, pale skin and depression was found to be present in 39.68 percent and 32.27 percent of the patients respectively. Conclusion: Hypotension is most commonly asymptomatic. However, if symptoms become apparent, the most common are palpitations, blurred vision or dizziness. Received: 10 April, 2019 Revised: 25 April, 2019 Accepted: 27 April, 2019 Corresponding author: Dr. Praveen Chaudhary, General Medicine, Rajshree Medical Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India |
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