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. 2025 Jan 3;63(1):e6637.
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.14199999.

[Comments on the article "Changes in hypertensive control 2020-2021 in a family medicine unit"]

[Article in Spanish]
Joaquín Ahumada-Pérez  1
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[Comments on the article "Changes in hypertensive control 2020-2021 in a family medicine unit"]

[Article in Spanish]
Joaquín Ahumada-Pérez. Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc. .

Abstract
in English, Spanish

The objective of this letter to the editor is to emphasize about the control of chronic diseases, especially hypertension during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to comment some aspects about the research done in a primary care unit, specifically about the factors that could contribute on the poor hypertensive control, some of them commented on the article but others not completely clarified.

El objetivo de la presente carta al editor es enfatizar la importancia del control de las enfermedades crónico-degenerativas, en específico la hipertensión arterial en la pandemia por COVID-19, y comentar algunos aspectos sobre el estudio realizado en una unidad de atención primaria sobre los factores que pudieron contribuir al mal control hipertensivo durante la pandemia, algunos de ellos comentados en el artículo, otros no aclarados del todo.

Keywords: Antihypertensive Agents; COVID-19 Pandemic; High Blood Pressure; Primary Health Care; Risk Factors.

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