Background: Across all age ranges, one in a thousand people is diagnosed with ileus annually. Ileus categorized into two types, obstructive ileus, and paralytic ileus. Obstructive condition where intestinal passage disorder occurs as result of mechanical blockage. There are 7,024 without hernia Indonesia 7,059 cases 2004.Purpose: To understand the comparison characteristics patients.Method: Thi...

Although small bowel polyps and tumors are rare, their incidence has increased significantly over the past 30 years. Small bowel malignancies can be classified depending upon their cellular origin into four principal histologic types: adenocarcinomas, lymphomas, neuroendocrine tumors or carcinoids and lymphomas, which also include gastrointestinal stromal tumors. The relative ‘rarity’ of these ...

Pain is the most reported and troublesome symptom of nearly all functional disorders affecting the genitourinary and gastrointestinal organs. Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS), vulvodynia, and/or chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS; collectively termed chronic pelvic pain syndromes) report pain severe enou...

CMAJ • FEBRUARY 22, 2011 • 183(3) © 2010 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors E162 A76-year-old man with a his tory of hepatitis C infection and newly diagnosed hepatocellular carcinoma was admitted for scheduled trans catheter arterial chemoembolization therapy. He developed abdominal discomfort and nausea one day after the procedure. On examination, he had a distended abdomen, diffus...

Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) has the highest long-term mortality rates of all acute coronary syndromes. Usually, NSTEMI occurs in elderly patients (>75 years of age) with multiple associated diseases. The complication rate for NSTEMI, including heart failure or hemorrhages, is significantly higher than that in ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients. The case reported is ...

We present four cases of adults with obstructive sleep apnea in whom positive airway pressure therapy alone failed to provide adequate oxygenation. We have previously reported the use of dual mask for ventilatory support of a patient postoperatively (Porhomayon et al., 2013). Here, we report an evaluation of the dual mask in four patients with overlap syndromes. Application of dual mask provide...

As the prevalence of obesity increases in both the developed and the developing world, the respiratory consequences are often underappreciated. This review discusses the presentation, pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of the obstructive sleep apnoea, overlap and obesity hypoventilation syndromes. Patients with these conditions will commonly present to respiratory physicians, and recognitio...