Titration

Long-term blood pressure control after hypertensive pregnancy following physician-optimized self-management

A randomized clinical trial found that self-monitoring and physician-guided titration of antihypertensive medications reduced postpartum blood pressure compared to usual care. The study involved 220 participants in the UK and showed promising results for long-term blood pressure control.

Mandibular movement monitoring may help improve oral sleep apnea devices

A new study in CHEST journal demonstrates that mandibular movement monitoring can assess the efficacy of oral appliances treating obstructive sleep apnea. Patients showed a reduction in respiratory effort, apnea-hypopnea index scores, and oxygen desaturation index.

Cheaper, faster, more accurate method to quantify water in solid pharmaceutical drugs

Chemists at the University of Texas at Arlington have developed a new method to quantify water content in solid pharmaceutical drugs, which is faster, cheaper, and more accurate than Karl Fischer titration. The new method uses headspace gas chromatography with ionic liquids and can analyze samples in just 10 minutes.

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Clinical guidelines for the manual titration of PAP in OSA patients published in JCSM

The guidelines aim to increase the effectiveness of PAP devices in treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) by providing standardized methods for titration. The recommendations include adequate education, careful mask fitting, and acclimatization before titration, as well as limits on CPAP device water levels.