Masalah pada sistem respirasi merupakan komplikasi yang sering menyebabkan morbiditas dan mortalitas pasien dengan Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) baik fase akut maupun kronik. Hal tersebut disebabkan adanya kelumpuhan otot-otot inspirasi ekspirasi motor neuronnya berasal dari nervus spinalis C3–C5, melemahnya refleks batuk stagnansi sekret. Cedera tulang belakang servikal dapat terjadi langsung tidak...

Practice guidelines on weaning should be based on the results of several well-designed randomized studies performed over the last decade. One of those studies demonstrated that immediate extubation after successful trials of spontaneous breathing expedites weaning and reduces the duration of mechanical ventilation as compared with a more gradual discontinuation of ventilatory support. Two other...

introduction: bombesin is a 14-aminoacid peptide isolated from frog skin. the mammalian counterparts of the frog peptide are neuromedin b (nmb) and gastrin-releasing peptide (grp). bombesin (bbn) is a peptide showing high affinity for the gastrin releasing peptide receptor (grpr). prostate, small cell lung cancer, breast, gastric, and colon cancers are known to over express receptors to bombesi...

Few studies have examined ventilatory modes exclusively in infants born at term. Synchronous intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV) compared to intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV) is associated with a shorter duration of ventilation. The limited data on pressure support, volume targeted ventilation and neurally adjusted ventilatory assist demonstrate only short term benefits in term bor...

A 78-year-old male patient arrives at the emergency department 3 hours after sudden onset of aphasia and right-sided sensorimotor hemiparesis (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale=8). There is a medical history of coronary artery disease, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. Prior medication consists of 100 mg aspirin, 5 mg bisoprolol, and 40 mg simv-astatin. Initial blood glucose is 5.6 mmo...