Arterial hypertension - definition, epidemiology, etiology, complications and treatment

Ilko Agnieszka, Wudarczyk Beata, Czyż Rafał, Jankowska-Polańska Beata. Arterial hypertension - definition, epidemiology, etiology, complications and treatment. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(8):533-541. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1319007 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5693 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/871749 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 20.06.2018. Revised: 28.06.2018. Accepted: 22.07.2018. Arterial hypertension - definition, epidemiology, etiology, complications and treatment Agnieszka Ilko1, Beata Wudarczyk2 (wudarczykbeata@gmail.com), Rafał Czyż3, Beata Jankowska-Polańska4 1 Graduate of Wroclaw Medical University 2 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of Zielona Góra 3 Department of Emergency Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University 4 Department of Internal Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University Agnieszka Ilko- orcid - https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4607-477X Beata Wudarczyk - orcid - https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0495-8630 Rafał Czyż - orcid - https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5504-4543 Beata Jankowska-Polańska - orcid – https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3132-8044 Abstract Arterial hypertension is classified as a chronic disease. It belongs to the group of disease that increase the risk of occurrence of cardiovascular complications, which if left untreated can lead to sudden death. It is estimated that in Poland currently 32% of the population suffers from arterial hypertension. Despite great progress in the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension, it is still a huge medical-socio-economic problem. Increasing the emphasis on patient education can significantly affect self-control, adaptation to recommendations and, consequently, in the future perspective will reduce the mortality rate among patients with this disease. The aim of this work is to draw attention to the still present problems of patients with hypertension by presenting the currently valid definition, epidemiology, etiology of the disease, complications and methods of treatment. Key words: arterial hypertension, definition, epidemiology, etiology, complications, treatmen