title: [Medical residents' attitudes to the diagnosis and treatment of arterial hypertension].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To find the attitude of Residential Interns (RI) to the diagnosis and initiation of treatment for Arterial Hypertension (AH).
  
  
  METHODS
  Crossover study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Tertiary hospital in Zaragoza's Health Area III.
  
  
  METHODS
  60 RIs selected by means of stratified random sampling. An open-reply questionnaire administered in writing on an individual basis during the second term of 1991.
  
  
  RESULTS
  28% of RIs (17 RIs) used the figures 140/90 mmHg to diagnosis AHT. 70% (42 RIs) made three measurements before making a diagnosis. 13% (8 RIs) took therapeutic measures when systolic pressure (SP) was above 140 mmHg and 30% (18 RIs) when the figures were above 160 mmHg. Diastolic pressure (DP) above 90 mmHg was a signal that treatment was needed for 43% (26 RIs); and figures above 95 mmHg for 31% (19 RIs). There were no differences for the doctor's age, gender, specialty, year of graduation or year of residency.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The RIs used figures recommended by bodies such as the WHO or the Spanish Society for the Fight against AHT, to diagnose AHT. They made the diagnosis after three measurements. They started treatment, which is usually hygiene-dietetic measures to begin with, according to the DP.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Clínico y Centro de Salud Universitas, Zaragoza.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Díez Manglano
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Callau Barrio
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Actitud de los médicos residentes en el diagnóstico y tratamiento de la hipertensión arterial.