Khalida Soomro
Department of Cardiology, Dow University of Health and Sciences Karachi, Pakistan
Publications
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Research Article
Screening of Secondary Hypertension in Private Clinic in Karachi, Pakistan: A Randomised Study
Author(s): Khalida Soomro* and Muhammad Ali Soomro
Hypertension hasbeen recognized as aglobalhealth concern fordeveloping countries.Secondary hypertension(SH)including endocrine hypertension has been reported to be uncommon and is scarcely described in many of these countries. There is no current nationally representative study. Therefore, we estimated the prevalence of SH among hypertensive patients in private clinic by screening. The goal of the cross-sectional study conducted from May 2017to June2018 was to estimate the prevalence of hypertension inPakistani population based on data collected fromthe screening held at private clinic inKarachi. From the initial screening of 566 patients, we suspected 437 (M:187), (F:250) patients to have secondary hypertension and conducted tests for the cause of hypertension, measured plasma aldosterone concentration, plasma renin activity, serum cortisolconcentrationandplasmacatecholamine concentr.. Read More»