| Objective: hypertension is one of the most popular in most countries. Probability of this disease
increases whit age. Ocular complications are seen whit HTN which necessitate their referral to the
ophthalmic centers. The geriatric patients having hypertension and need ophthalmic surgery are
increasing. The aim of this study was to surgery the rate of awareness about the presence of
hypertension and its regular treatment in hypertensive patients.
Materials and methods: 300 hypertensive patients in ophthalmic surgical center were studied in
preoperative anesthesia clinic. The rate of awareness, their responsible physician, residency, drugs
and their name, regular use of drugs, relationship between awareness and age, sex, complications of
the disease and admission due to HTN, the blood pressure was measured in clinic , ward and
operating room. The data’s were analyzed with spss ver.17.
Results: Lack of awareness about the disease was 25.3% in patients. The BP in whom was elevated
in clinic and ward also was high in operating room. Treatment had significant relation with sex,
residency and awareness.
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the lack of awareness about having HTN was high
(in 1/4 patients). It is important to let the people know more about their health and the need for
treatment in high quality and to reduce the complications of the perioperative management of these
patients could be done well and safe. |