poliomyelitis/hypoxia

Poliomyelitis can affect patients with severe hypoxia and hypercapnia. Historically, most of these patients were supported by mechanical ventilation via tracheostomy. However, this procedure can lead to serious complications. Subsequently, non-invasive alternative procedures have been introduced

The mortality rate of poliomyelitis may be reduced by early measures to prevent anoxia and its subsequent complications. Constant nursing care, early tracheotomy, the giving of oxygen, proper use of the respirator and positive pressure equipment are essential in the proper management of patients

Acute ventilatory insufficiency is characterized by hypercapnia, respiratory acidosis and secondary hypoxemia. The primary target of mechanical ventilation is improvement of alveolar ventilation, that means compensation of the ventilatory insufficiency. Noninvasive ventilation started as ventilatory

The present paper describes 3 patients with congenital toxoplasmosis. The spinal cord was extremely affected. Differential diagnoses were established with poliomyelitis and neonatal hypoxia. Histopathological studies revealed toxoplasmosis.

Surgery is required for correction of a physiologically significant patent foramen ovale. We report a patient with poliomyelitis and respiratory failure in whom a patent foramen ovale became symptomatic because of hypoxemia-induced pulmonary hypertension. Oxygen therapy and mechanical ventilation

OBJECTIVE To describe the users of home mechanical ventilation treatment in Iceland. METHODS Records for all patients in Iceland using noninvasive ventilatory support at home on April 30th 1999 were analysed. RESULTS A total of 54 patients were using ventilatory support at home. There were 33 males

The authors present an analysis of the multifocal leucoencephalomalacia in children under 1 year of life based on the material obtained from 2.398 autopsies. It was found that 32 autopsied children suffered from this disease (1.33%). Twenty four of these children were premature. The disease was more

A central apnea is a disorder characterized by apneic events during sleep with no associated ventilatory effort. Central sleep apnea syndrome is characterized by repeated apneas during sleep resulting from loss of respiratory effort. Although the etiology of central apnea remains obscure in most

BACKGROUND Enterovirus 71 (EV71) infections are associated with a high prevalence of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in children and occasionally cause lethal complications. Most infections are self-limiting. However, resulting complications, including aseptic meningitis, encephalitis,

During recent 20 years, enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) has emerged as a major concern among pediatric infectious diseases, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. The clinical manifestations of EV-A71 include uncomplicated hand, foot, and mouth disease, herpanina or febrile illness and central nervous