Measuring blood pressure is essential for the diagnosis and proper treatment of hypertension.
Today is World Hypertension Day, whose purpose is to prevent, diagnose and control high blood pressure, the main risk factor for cardiovascular diseases.
It affects more than 30% of the adult population, and blood pressure measurement, the most frequently performed procedure in clinical medicine, is fundamental for the diagnosis and proper treatment of hypertension.
For this reason, this Monday at the La Luz Hospital, all those who come to the hospital have their blood pressure taken and a new telematics project is explained to them to remotely evaluate blood pressure, heart rate, weight and analytical variables. , a cutting-edge tool that controls the patient's parameters without going to the hospital in person.