Perpaduan Isometric Exercise dan Latihan Pernafasan Yoga Terhadap Penurunan Tekanan Darah pada Pasien Hipertensi di Desa Mojojajar Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Kedungsari Kabupaten Mojo... by Dinda Risma Putri Anjarsari, Abdul Hanan, Esti Widiani

“…Conclusion: Isometric exercise and yoga breathing exercises can be an alternative non-pharmacological therapy to reduce blood pressure in hypertension. Keywords:  Isometric Exercise, Yoga Breathing Exercise, Hypertension…”
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Patho-physiological Mechanisms Involved in Abdominal Compartment Syndrome by Leonardo Javier Pérez Ponce, Roberto Carlos Barletta Farías, Gabriela Castro Vega, Jorge Bárbaro Barletta Farías, Fausto Castillo Franco, Jorge Emilio Barletta del Castillo

“…Intra-abdominal hypertension and compartment syndrome are frequent entities in severely ill patients and result in a high mortality. …”
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Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract: A Genetic Disorder? by Ihor V. Yosypiv

“…Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUTs) occur in 3–6 per 1000 live births, account for the most cases of pediatric end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), and predispose an individual to hypertension and cardiovascular disease throughout life. …”
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Emergency Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Pericardial Decompression Syndrome by Mohamed Laimoud, Patricia Machado, Andrea Rossi Zadra, Mary Maghirang, Ali Alenazy

“…We report a case of a patient with idiopathic primary pulmonary hypertension who presented with massive pericardial effusion complicated with rapid hemodynamic and respiratory deterioration. …”
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(Pro)renin Receptor in Kidney Development and Disease by Renfang Song, Ihor V. Yosypiv

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Anti- and Protumorigenic Effects of PPARγ in Lung Cancer Progression: A Double-Edged Sword by Howard Li, Mary C. M. Weiser-Evans, Raphael Nemenoff

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Enoxaparin Effect on Pregnancy Outcomes in a Patient with Elevated Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 by Kathleen Minor, Heidi Leftwich

“…A 36-year-old gravida 6, para 1-1-3-1 with elevated prepregnancy PAI-1 levels, a history of early-onset preeclampsia with severe features superimposed on chronic hypertension, intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), and recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL), presented with a dichorionic-diamniotic twin gestation. …”
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Critically Ill Patients with Renal Hyperfiltration: Optimizing Antibiotic Dose by Jorge Rico-Fontalvo, José Correa-Guerrero, María Cristina Martínez-Ávila, Rodrigo Daza-Arnedo, Tomás Rodriguez-Yanez, Amilkar Almanza-Hurtado, José Cabrales, Carmen Julia Mendoza-Paternina, Alvaro Frías-Salazar, Julio Morales-Fernández

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HLA-G Dimers in the Prolongation of Kidney Allograft Survival by Maureen Ezeakile, Vera Portik-Dobos, Juan Wu, Daniel D. Horuzsko, Rajan Kapoor, Muralidharan Jagadeesan, Laura L. Mulloy, Anatolij Horuzsko

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Primipaternity in multiparas as a predominant high risk factor for preeclampsia over prolonged birth intervals: A study of 33,000 singleton pregnancies in Reunion Island. by Pierre-Yves Robillard, Silvia Iacobelli, Simon Lorrain, Francesco Bonsante, Malik Boukerrou, Marco Scioscia, Phuong Lien Tran, Gustaaf Dekker

“…AdjOR for primipaternity was 3.34 (p < 0.0001) indicating that primipaternity as risk belonged in the category of well-established risk factors like history of preeclampsia (11.2, p< 0.0001) and chronic hypertension (6.45, p< 0.0001).<h4>Conclusions</h4>Primipaternities in multiparae belongs to the major risk factors such as history of preeclampsia, chronic hypertension, multiple pregnancies while prolonged birth intervals belongs to moderate "regular physiological aging processes" such as increasing maternal age, parity or increasing pre-pregnancy BMI.…”
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Personal, occupational and cardiovascular risk factors associated with elevated blood pressure in Brazilian firefighters: a cross-sectional study by Eliana Zandonade, Fernanda Camargo Damacena, Karla Nívea Sampaio, Igor Magalhães Sales

“…All firefighters in the pre-hypertension and hypertension range and/or using antihypertensive medication were considered as having BP above normal, and the association of this outcome with sociodemographic, occupational, lifestyle, and health status variables was analysed by a logistic regression model.Results We found that 45.6% of firefighters presented elevated BP levels. …”
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Third Trimester Lower Extremity Lymphorrhea by Kaori Morimoto, Luke O’Rourke

“…She was diagnosed with chronic hypertension at 19 weeks of pregnancy based upon systolic blood pressure>140. …”
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Association between blood lead level and risk of stroke in Korean adults: a cross-sectional study in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008–2013 by Minkyeong Kim, Sang-Moon Yun, Jihyun Jeong, Chulman Jo, Young Ho Koh

“…No association was observed in individuals with normotension (OR: 0.42, 95% CI: 0.13–1.38, p for interaction=0.007).Conclusion The association between blood lead concentration and stroke may be influenced by hypertension status. Our findings suggest the need for closer attention to lead exposure in patients with hypertension.…”
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Common Risk Factors of Myocardial Infarction and Some Socio Demographic Characteristics in Sulaimani City by Bayan Omar Sharif, Samir Y. Lafi

“…The prevalence of BMI > 25 was (75.15%). Hypertension accounted (61.2%), dyslipidemia (39.4%), and diabetes (20%) of the subjects. …”
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Effects of bioactive peptides combined with probiotics on serum uric acid in patients with hyperuricemia by HAN Dan，ZHAO Ya，HUANG Enshan，YE Shuhua，WANG Wanjin，WU Fangmin，WANG Dingliang，ZHANG Ronghua

“…The effect was more significant for patients aged 55 years and older and without hypertension.…”
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Risk Factors for Hemorrhagic Stroke among Adults in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Hospital-Based Study in a Limited Resource Setting by Jacques Mbaz Musung, Placide Kambola Kakoma, Marcellin Bugeme, Jeef Paul Munkemena Banze, Clarence Kaut Mukeng, Orly Ngungwa Muyumba, Berthe Mwad Kamalo, Harvey Kabulo Kapya, Ghyslain Lambo Ngongo, Laurent Kitwa, Evariste Tshibind Yav, Olivier Mukuku, Emmanuel Kiyana Muyumba

“…This study highlights the high stroke mortality in a resource-limited hospital and the burden of hypertension in the development of hemorrhagic stroke. …”
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Evaluation of diastole by echocardiography for detecting early cardiac dysfunction: an outcome study by Tatiana Kuznetsova, Nicholas Cauwenberghs, František Sabovčik, Yukari Kobayashi, Francois Haddad

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A 10-Year Risk Assessment and Primary Prevention Study of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Among Adult Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Abdulhameed Alkhalaf, Qasem Aljabr, Khalid Al Mulla, Duaa Almubarak, Abdul Sattar Khan, Zainab Y. Al Jaziri, Ibrahim Albahrani

“…Smoking, diabetes (39.6%), hypertension (40.8%), and male gender were key predictors of high ASCVD risk. …”
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Association of Race and Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE): The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Cohort by Ericha G Franey, Donna Kritz-Silverstein, Erin L Richard, John E Alcaraz, Caroline M Nievergelt, Richard A Shaffer, Vibha Bhatnagar

“…This association became nonsignificant after further adjustment for high cholesterol, diabetes, and hypertension. None of the evaluated SNPs met the significance level (p<0.001) after Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. …”
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Sociodemographic disparities in awareness of chronic conditions: an observational study among older persons in rural north-east of South Africa by Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Chodziwadziwa Kabudula, Carlos Riumallo-Herl, Daniel Ohene-Kwofie

“…We compare self-reported awareness with objective measurements and conduct logistic regressions to evaluate sociodemographic determinants of awareness of chronic conditions.Results We find that 80% of individuals have at least one chronic condition—HIV, diabetes, hypertension and/or dyslipidaemia. Awareness rates were relatively high among those with at least one chronic condition but varied across conditions and genders: HIV (83% for women, 84% for men), hypertension (88% of women, 81% of men); diabetes (76% for women, 75% for men); dyslipidaemia (10% for both women and men). …”
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