Latar Belakang: Stroke atau cerebrovasuler accident (CVA) merupakan hilangnya fungsi-fungsi otak dengan cepat akibat terganggunya suplai darah ke otak. Tidak jarang pasien stroke dirawat di intensive care unit (ICU) karena mengalami gagal napas sehingga membutuhkan ventilator. Kemampuan menelan dan refleks batuk yang tidak adekuat pada sering menyebabkan komplikasi pneumonia/ associated pneumon...

The incidence of tracheal stenosis following conventional tracheostomy has been reported as lying between one and 30 per cent. Methods used to assess the degree of stenosis include CT scanning, fibreoptic visualization and plain X-ray tomographs. The aim of this study was to assess the degree of stenosis in patients following percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) using MRI scanning. This...

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