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APARICIO L., Mayber et al. Arterial hypertension as a risk factor for severe facial paralysis . Cuad. - Hosp. Clín. [online]. 2018, vol.59, n.2, pp. 9-16. ISSN 1652-6776.

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Research Problem: Perípheral facial paralysis is one of the most frequent causes of facial aesthetic deformity and functional alterations, among the rísk factors for facial paralysis is high blood pressure. OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between arterial hypertension and Perípheral Facial Paralysis in patients attending the External Consultation of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service of the Hospital de Clínicas Universitario during the TERM 2013 to 2016 METHODOLOGICAL DESIGN: The present study is an analytical study of cases and controls, carried out in patients who attend the Outpatient Service o f Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of the Hospital Clínicas Universitario from January 2008 to December 2010. In total, 122 patients were studied. Mild, modérate and severe facial paralysis, at different ages and with different risk factors, these data was stratified by the House Brackman Scale. The cases were patients with severe facial paralysis and the controls patients with moderate and mild facial paralysis. RESULTS: A positive association was found between arterial hypertension and severe facial paralysis (p = 0.025), trípling the arterial hypertension the rísk of sufferíng a severe facial paralysis (OR = 3.3), in all the age groups. CONCLUSION: Systemic arterial hypertension is a rísk factor for severe facial paralysis, regardless of the age of the person.

Palavras-chave : Facial Paralysis; Facial Nerve; Systemic Arterial Hypertension; House-Brackmann Scale.