Revista médica de Chile
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Revista médica de Chile · Nov 2006
Multicenter Study[Prognostic factors and outcome of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized adult patients].
Severity assessment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients allows the clinician to decide the place of management and guide empirical antimicrobial treatment. ⋯ These results validate in Chile, findings from foreign studies.
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Revista médica de Chile · Nov 2006
[Split night polysomnography to titrate continuous positive airway pressure therapy in adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea].
Nasal continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) in the treatment of choice for adult obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The diagnosis is established with polysomnography, but this study is expensive and must be repeated in those patients that require CPAP, to titrate the pressure of the therapy. Split polysomnography during one night to establish the diagnosis and titrate the pressure has been proposed to reduce costs. ⋯ An adequate CPAP pressure can be prescribed to 80% of patients subjected to a split-night polysomnography. The basal registry period should not be longer than three hours, to allow an adequate titration lapse.