Typhoid fever is an enteric infection caused by Salmonella typhi. In Indonesia, typhoid fever is endemic with high incidence of the disease. In daily practice we frequently have patients with bronchial asthma, and it is becoming worse when these patients get typhoid fever After oral ingestion, Salmonella typhi invades the the intestine mucosa after conducted by microbial binding to epithelial c…
Asthma attack can cause hypoxemia. One of the methods to detect hypoxemia is by using pulse oximetry. However, th is tool is not always available in some health care centres. Therefore, a more rapid and simple diagnostic tool is need ed as an alternative method to detect hypoxemia. This study aimed to assess signs and symptoms as diagnostic tools for hypoxemia in children with asthma. This was …
Asthma is a cronic inflammatory disease characterized by reversible airflow limitatison and airway hyperresponsiveness. Persistent inflammation in airway tissues may lead to structural changes known as airway remodeling and consequently airway obstruction that is not fully reversible and progressive loss of lung fungtion over time. In asthma, airway structural changes include subepithelial fib…