Manejo ambulatorio de la neumonía comunitaria del adulto en las unidades de emergencia. Servicio de Salud Viña del Mar - Quillota de la V Región / Assessment of the management of community - acquired pneumonia in adults outpatients
Rev. méd. Chile
; 133(11): 1322-1330, nov. 2005. tab, graf
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em Espanhol
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RESUMEN
Background:
There is limited information about the effectiveness of the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in Chilean emergency rooms.Aim:
To assess the treatment of CAP in emergency rooms at the Viña del Mar Health Service in Chile. Material andmethods:
Prospective study of immunocompetent adult patients consulting for a CAP in emergency rooms. Those that required hospital admission were considered ineligible. The initial clinical and laboratory assessment, antimicrobial treatment and their condition after 30 days of follow up, were recorded.Results:
Three hundred eleven adult patients aged 57±22 years (152 males), were evaluated. Patients with class I CAP (40% of cases) were treated with Clarithromycin (71.8%) or Amoxicillin (26.6%) for 10 days. Patients with class II CAP (60%) were treated with Amoxicillin-clavulanate (80.7%) or Levofloxacin (18.2%) for 10 days. Three hundred eight patients (99%) were cured without need of hospital admission; three patients (1%) were subsequently hospitalized because of clinical failure of ambulatory treatment. Overall, three patients (1%) died; all deaths occurred during or immediately after hospitalization and were related to the severity of lung infection but not to the choice of antibiotic treatment.Conclusions:
The outpatient management of CAP by general practitioners working at emergency rooms was clinically effective with low rates of hospital admission and mortality.
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Pneumonia
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Assistência Ambulatorial
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Antibacterianos
Tipo de estudo:
Ensaio clínico controlado
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Estudo de avaliação
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Estudo observacional
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
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Idoso
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Idoso, 80 anos ou mais
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Chile
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Hospital de Quillota/CL
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/CL
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Servicio de Salud Viña del Mar-Quillota/CL