[Air pollution, cardiovascular risk and hypertension].

Air pollution is a worrying factor and has an impact on public health. Multiple studies relate exposure to air pollutants with an increase in cardiovascular events, cardiovascular mortality and mortality for all causes. A relationship has also been demonstrated between increased pollution and high blood pressure, as well as a higher prevalence of hypertension.

Effect of effervescent paracetamol on blood pressure: a crossover randomized clinical trial.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of effervescent paracetamol on office and ambulatory blood pressure (BP) compared with noneffervescent paracetamol in hypertensive patients.

Design: This was a multicenter open crossover randomized clinical trial.

Setting: Primary care centers in Catalonia and the Basque Country.

[Delphi consensus on the individualised management of diabetes in primary care. ICANDAP study].

Introduction: To determine the level of acceptance of the message of individualised management of type 2 diabetes mellitus among Spanish Primary Care (PC) physicians, and to evaluate the factors that may interfere with its implementation in clinical practice.

Material And Methods: National study in the field of PC, exploratory, and following a two-round modified Delphi method. Evaluation by a homogeneous panel of 152 physicians using a 27-items questionnaire divided into 6 thematic areas.

Prevalence of orthostatic hypotension in non-institutionalised elderly aged 80 and over. A diagnostic study using an oscillometric device.

Background: Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is a common disorder, and possibly underdiagnosed. In the elderly, OH has been considered a common cause of falls, fractures, and fear of falling. Its prevalence increases with age, probably related to the number of drug treatments, decreased fluid intake, and the progressive dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system.

Evaluation of the relationship between effervescent paracetamol and blood pressure: clinical trial.

Background: Paracetamol's solubility is achieved by adding to the excipient sodium salts, either as bicarbonate, carbonate or citrate. As the relationship between salt and hypertension is well known, due to the sodium content it has raised a hypothesis that may interfere with the control of that risk factor. Therefore, the objective of this study is to evaluate the effect on blood pressure of effervescent paracetamol compared to non-effervescent, in hypertensive patients.