NCDs has been Described as a Public Health Emergency in Slow Motion

Stavy Stalk^*
*Correspondence: Stavy Stalk, Department of Biostatistics, Science and Technology of New York, USA, Email:

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According to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the burden of no communicable diseases (NCDs) is "a public health emergency in slow motion." the World, and According to the Economic Forum, chronic diseases are a significant problem in both high- and low-resource nations threat to the world economy. However, if detected early enough, all NCDs can either be prevented or treated and handled in a way that considerably lowers the burden of disability, the financial cost to society, and extends a healthy life span. In terms of prevalence and danger, hypertension is one of the most serious diseases with a high morbidity and mortality rate. When a person reaches the age of 70, the likelihood that they will get hypertension increases, and at this point, roughly 70% of both men and women will. found that 34.9 percent of people had hypertension, 17.3 percent had hypertension but weren't receiving treatment, and 46.3 percent of people receiving treatment didn't have their blood pressure under control after collecting data from 1,201,570 people in 80 different nations. In treating patients with hypertension, clinicians must consider not only the blood pressure level and attendant comorbidities but also adverse events and expense. A recent article by Phillips et al on the ‘‘Impact of Cardiovascular Risk on the Relative Benefit and Harm of Intensive Treatment of Hypertension’’ stated that SPRINT participants with less than 11.5% risk had more harm from serious adverse events (SAEs) than benefit from intensive treatment.

They regarded the weight of each SAE as being equal. We concur with the investigators' statistical methodology and calculations. The SAE's relative utility or significance with regard to all-cause mortality and the major composite outcome, the two variables that were used to calculate the benefit (numerator) of the benefit to harm ratios, were not, however, included in their article. When using utilitarian logic, Utility is a metric of preference for a group of products or services that represents the happiness felt by a person. Antihypertensive therapy cannot be directly measured in terms of utility, contentment, or happiness; rather, we can estimate the relative utilities in terms of quantifiable options. According to the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial, antihypertensive medication is linked to unfavourable metabolic consequences (hypokalemia, hyperlipidemia), as well as an increased rate of renal failure (SPRINT). 3 28 studies totalling 226,877 participants from 2319 papers were reviewed.

More than 40% of patients with hypertension were found to be uncontrolled, and combination therapy enabled a higher percentage of patients to control their blood pressure while reducing the risk of side effects connected to particular classes of antihypertensive medications reported that Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial participants with 10-year cardiovascular disease risk less than 11.5% derived more harm than benefit from intensive treatment. The authors consider that serious adverse events (SAEs) are of equal importance to that of either all-cause death or the primary composite outcome (myocardial infarction, other acute coronary syndromes, stroke, heart failure, or death from cardiovascular causes). Under this premise, one death would correspond to 2.7 SAEs and a primary outcome to 1.8 SAEs overall, and to be between 6 and 18 times as important as an SAE in the intensive treatment group. In our opinion, patient utility should be considered when clinical decisions are made for the treatment of hypertension 2018 American Heart Association. It did not consider utilities or relative utilities of the outcomes they analyzed.

Although we agree with the statistical methods used by the authors, we recommend that overall patient utility be considered when clinical decisions are made in treating patients with hypertension. In our opinion, antihypertensive pharmacologic therapy, when appropriate, in conjunction with lifestyle management, is essential to decrease the morbid and mortal events of hypertension. Poor communication and improper orders or documentation may also contribute to medical errors. When a client is assessed, the potential of a missed diagnosis or an incorrect diagnosis may cause the client to experience an adverse event. Surgical errors are another cause of potential adverse events. Every year, many clients die from surgery or suffer from improper care during treatment, such as wrong-site errors. The place of treatment can also become the cause of treatment. Many adverse events occur from hospitalization. Nosocomial infections are a major cause of deaths every year, and hospitals employ scrutiny in infection control measures. Finally, an early discharge can often result in adverse events such as remittance or injury [1-5].

Acknowledgement

We thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive criticisms of the manuscript. The support from ROMA (Research Optimization and recovery in the Manufacturing industry), of the Research Council of Norway is highly appreciated by the authors.

Conflict of Interest

The Author declares there is no conflict of interest associated with this manuscript.

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