Acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema (ACPE) is a common cardiogenic emergency with a quite high in-hospital mortality rate. ACPE is defined as pulmonary edema with increased secondary hydrostatic capillary pressure due to elevated pulmonary venous pressure. Increased hydrostatic pressure may result from various causes including excessive administration of intravascular volume, obstruction of pulmo…
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (P AH) is a syndrome due to restricted flow through the pulmonary arterial circulation. It is resulting in the increase of pulmonary vascular resistance and ultimatelyin right heart failure. Pulmonary arterial hypertension considered as a rare disease. Multiple pathogenic pathways have beenimplicated in the development of P AH, including those at themolecular and…
Aim Obesity leads to various complications, including pulmonary dysfunction. Studies on pulmonary function of obese children are limited and the results are controversial. This study was aimed to determine proportion of pulmonary dysfunction on early adolescents with obesity and to evaluate correlation between obesity degree with pulmonary dysfunction degree. Methods A cross-sectional study wa…
Pulmonary TB disease remains a public health problem in Indonesia. In recent years, the prevalence of TB increases. The increased prevalence was influenced by many factors including community socio-economic and cultural, related to tuberculosis. Data obtained from several sources, suchas literature reviews and researches, and narratively presented. From several sources had known that most patie…
From the results of this research note there is no special place for pulmonary TB patient services at the community health center. Pulmonary tuberculosis is a contagious disease that remains a public health is expected to improve in the future, in Indonesia, even becomes the primary cause of death from infectious diseases. Pulmonary tuberculosis infection is high enough numbers, especially in a…