Censo de Hipertensão Arterial: importante ferramenta no auxílio da manutenção da higidez do militar da MB

Abstract

The worldwide prevalence of Systemic Arterial Hypertension (SAH), considered to be the main cause isolated preventable cause of premature death, emerges as an alert to health policy in Brazil worry increasingly with the prevention. If in the past there was greater concern in investing primarily in treatments of diseases established, nowadays the HealthMinistry, by means of Service Books Basic Attention, emphasizes the importance of prevention of diseases and in particular of SAH. Following the guidance of the Health Ministry, the Brazilian Navy, adopts prevention programs that encompass several distinct areas such as the control of arterial hypertension, considered an important risk factor for atherosclerotic coronary disease, cerebrovascular disease and chronic renal. The high hypertension incidence, as well as the costs involved with treatments, hospitalizations, and the costs of unavailability for the exercise of their activities, indicate the need to broaden the scope of preventive actions in order to articulate a program to attack early in order to prevent the development of complications.