[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.

[Detection of cognitive impairment in the population of persons older than 64 years: first phase of the Cuida'l project].

Unlabelled: OBJECTIVE. To know the proportion of people with positive result in test. Design.

[Concordance among Mini-Examen Cognoscitivo and Mini-Mental State Examination in cognitive impairment screening].

Objectives: To compare the concordance between two cognitive impairment (CI) screening tests: the 30-point Folstein's Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and their validated and slightly modified spanish translation, the 35-point Lobo's Mini-Examen Cognoscitivo (MEC).

Design: Analytical cross-sectional multicenter study.

Setting: Primary care.

[Decisions and therapeutic attitudes for patients with white coat hypertension].

Objective: To analyze the different therapeutic attitudes towards patients with arterial hypertension (AH) or white coat hypertension (WCH).

Design: Longitudinal, retrospective study after performing a 24 h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring of ABPM.

Setting: Urban health center.

[Estimation of the prevalence of cognitive impairment according to the test used].

Objectives: The aim of the study was to compare the findings of Folstein's Mini Mental Test (MMT), Lobo's Cognitive Mini Exam (CME) and the Isaacs Set test, in their detection of cognitive deficit in over-64 year olds; and to analyse the factors associated with variability in the scores obtained with these tests.

Design: An observational crossover study.

Setting: An urban Primary Care center.

[Infectious diseases in primary care].

Objective: To find the frequency and seasonal variability of the infectious diseases detected over a year.

Design: Observational prospective study.

Setting: Primary care centre.

[Are antibiotics correctly prescribed in primary care?].

Objective: To identify the antibiotic prescriptions and evaluate their suitability for the infectious conditions treated at a Primary Care Centre.

Design: A prospective observation study.

Setting: La Mina Primary Care Centre.