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Patient Prefer Adherence
January 2025
Division of Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Introduction: Self-care practices are crucial for optimizing blood pressure control and are influenced by multilevel factors.
Objective: To examine the influences of multilevel factors on hypertension self-care practices among individuals with uncontrolled hypertension and to determine the relationship between hypertension self-care practices and blood pressure.
Methods: The study was conducted in primary, secondary, and tertiary care settings in Bangkok, selected for convenience, where individuals with uncontrolled hypertension were recruited using a convenience sampling method based on specific inclusion criteria.
J Gen Intern Med
January 2025
Center for Health System Sciences, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC, USA.
Background: Hypertension management is a national priority. However, hypertension control rates are suboptimal and vary across clinics, even among those in the same health system and geographic region.
Objective: To identify organizational barriers and facilitators that impact hypertension management at the provider, clinic, and health system level.
Front Clin Diabetes Healthc
December 2024
Department of Basic Sciences, College of Medicine, Sulaiman Al Rajhi University, Al-Bukairyah, Saudi Arabia.
Background: Complications of diabetes and its associated comorbidities can cause rapid progression of type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM). It comes at high costs and affects a patient's quality of life. We aim to assess T2DM in KSA, including the demographics, medications, complications, and comorbidities, as it remains an integral part of Vision 2030.
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January 2025
Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P. R. China.
Background: Paragangliomas are rare neoplasms arising from extra-adrenal chromaffin cells, with mediastinal paragangliomas representing an exceptionally rare subset. This report details the surgical management of a complex mediastinal paraganglioma case, presenting with refractory hypertension and invasion of critical surrounding structures. A comprehensive review of the current literature is included to underscore existing cases, enhance clinical awareness, and share our insights and experience in the diagnosis and treatment of this challenging condition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMC Public Health
January 2025
Center for Global Health, Weill Cornell Medicine, 402 East 67 Street, 2 Floor, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Background: Uncontrolled hypertension is the leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease mortality and remains high in low-middle income countries like Haiti. Barriers and facilitators to achieving hypertension control in urban Haiti remain poorly understood. Elucidating these factors could lead to development of successful interventions.
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