[Protocol reproducibility for users with arterial hypertension attended in Basic Health Care Units].

Protocols have been adopted as a strategy to improve the rates of follow-up and control of arterial hypertension (AH). The scope of this study was to verify the reproducibility of a protocol for consultation and follow-up of the user with AH in Basic Health Care (BHC) units. It involved a methodological study, carried out from January to August of 2016, with 160 users with AH.

Protocol for hypertensive individuals assisted in Basic Health Care.

Hypertension has low control rate in Brazil and around the World, resulting in social and medical costs; thus there is the need to apply control strategies. This study aimed to create and validate a protocol for consultation and monitoring of hypertensive patients attended in primary health care. It is constituted a methodological research which uses the Delphi method for content validation.

Factors associated with hospital admissions due to hypertension.

Objective: To study the temporality of hospital admissions due to arterial hypertension and its associated factors.

Methods: An ecological study with secondary data on hospital admissions due to essential arterial hypertension - ICD 10, from the Hospital Information System, the Mortality Information System and and the Primary Care Information System, between 2010 and 2015. Descriptive analysis using means, proportions and linear regression.