A produção científica sobre atenção farmacêutica para portadores de hipertensão arterial

Abstract

Hypertension is a chronic disease that has been identified as one of the major mortality factors and may contribute to the risk of cardiovascular and renal diseases. This study aimed to analyze the national and international scientific production regarding pharmaceutical care for patients with arterial hypertension. It is a study of narrative literature review developed in the virtual health library (vhl), in national and international journals, available in the databases: medline, ibecs, lilacs and collecciona sus. Portuguese, english and spanish productions were published in the period from 2012 to 2017. In this temporal delimitation, 15 articles were selected. Considering the similarity of the information, the following themes emerged: pharmacists' skills and contribution to adherence in treatment, telemedicine in pharmaceutical care, collaborative medical-pharmaceutical practice and hypertension related to cardiovascular diseases. Pharmaceutical care in the participation of primary health care contributes significantly to the reduction of arterial hypertension and the pathology does not evolve to other cardiovascular diseases, thus reducing costs with hospitalizations and diseases. In recent years, it has been observed that telemedicine has contributed to better patient access and treatment efficacy.