Soporte telemático de autogestión para pacientes con apnea obstructiva del sueño en tratamiento con CPAP: aspectos metodológicos y resultados preliminares del ensayo clinico telesas / Telematic self-management support for patients with obstructive sleep apnea under CPAP treatment: methodological aspects and preliminary results of the telesas clinical trial

Objetivo: Comprobar si un programa de telemedicina mejora el cumplimiento con CPAP, alcanzando un uso de, al menos, 4 horas al día en el 90% de los pacientes. Realizamos un estudio piloto para comprobar la viabilidad de un proyecto multicéntrico en el que perfeccionaremos dicho programa. Metodología: Pacientes con AOS severa poco sintomáticos en tratamiento con CPAP fueron randomizados a seguimiento habitual o seguimiento habitual más un programa de telemedicina durante 6 meses. Dentro de este programa, las variables de telemonitorización, la aparición de efectos secundarios y la presencia de sueño reparador eran analizadas para generar alarmas e instrucciones al paciente para la autogestión precoz de los problemas presentados con la CPAP. Resultados: 60 pacientes fueron randomizados, 33 al grupo intervención y 27 al grupo control, sin diferencias significativas en las variables basales. El 80% eran hombres con un rango de edad entre los 24 y 75 años. Solo hubo un abandono en el grupo control. Conclusiones: El uso de nuestro programa de telemedicina no ha supuesto ningún problema para los pacientes incluidos a pesar de la horquilla amplia de edad, siendo viable el desarrollo de un estudio a mayor escala con una herramienta de telemedicina perfeccionada. (AU)

Basis: poor compliance with CPAP is a problem at a clinical and research level, assuming the expected results are not achieved. The benefits of using telemedicine in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are inconclusive, with its positive effect on compliance being the most consistent in the literature. Objective: to check if a telemedicine program improves compliance with CPAP, reaching use of at least 4 hours a day in 90% of patients. We carried out a pilot study to verify the viability of a multicenter project in which we will perfect this program. Method: patients with severe OSA with few symptoms on CPAP treatment were randomized to usual follow-up or usual follow-up plus a telemedicine program for 6 months. Within this program, the telemonitoring variables, the appearance of side effects and the presence of restorative sleep were analyzed to generate alarms and instructions to the patient for early self-management of the problems presented with CPAP. Preliminary results: 60 patients were randomized, 33 to the intervention group and 27 to the control group, with no significant differences in the baseline variables. 80% were men with an age range between 24 and 75 years. There was only one dropout in the control group. Conclusions: the use of our telemedicine program has not posed any problems for the included patients despite the wide age range, making it feasible to develop a larger-scale study with an improved telemedicine tool. (AU)

Tabaquismo y enfermedades pulmonares intersticiales difusas / Smoking habit and diffuse interstitial lung diseases

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Vacuna antineumocócica / Antipneumococcal vaccine

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[The clinico-microbiological diagnosis of encephalitis due to herpes zoster in an elderly patient: apropos a case]. / Diagnóstico clínico-microbiológico de la encefalitis por herpes zoster en el anciano: a propósito de un caso.

Varicella-zoster infection consists of well-recognized cutaneous manifestations. However, in several cases it is complicated with central nervous system disorders. We present a 79-year-old diabetic woman with zoster ophthalmicus, who developed an acute confusional syndrome. EEG, cranial computed tomographic, biochemical and haematologic and liquoral studies were performed. An increased in the CSF-IgG index was founded, and it was related with Varicella-Zoster Herpes antibodies. She was treated with intravenous acyclovir, and her encephalopathy was resolved.