4 years with artificial respiration. A case report

Authors

  • Alexis Morales Valdera Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Eric Prendes García Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Keywords:

motor neuron disease, respiration, artificial, ventilators, mechanical/utilization, biopsy/utilization, electromyography

Abstract

45 years old white male patient healthy till the age of forty. AT this age he began to feel weakness, losse of weight, marked muscular strength decrease of lower extremities which impeded him walking adequately, and moreover presented fasciculations. The patient was attended in the neurological services of clinical- surgical hospital “Arnaldo Milián Castro” of Santa Clara in 1999. In 2001 was admitted in the intermidiate therapy unit for presenting dyspnea, so it was decided to acople him to a mechanical fan servo-900-d in control volume.The patient presented also some symptoms and damage signs in the motor neuron of the spinal cord. The patient was submitted to some studies such as muscular biopsy, electromiograpy and also to the study of sensitive motor nervous conduction what made possible to diagnose an amiotrophic lateral sclerosis. The patient kept this mechanical ventilation during 4 years and 4 months using the same fan above mentioned.

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Author Biographies

Alexis Morales Valdera, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista I Grado en Medicina Interna y en Medicina Intensiva. Profesor Instructor del Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Eric Prendes García, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista I Grado en Medicina Interna. Verticalizado en Medicina Intensiva. Profesor Instructor del Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

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Morales Valdera A, Prendes García E. 4 years with artificial respiration. A case report. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2008 Jan. 8 [cited 2025 Jun. 30];2(1):45-8. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/368

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2008): January-April

Section

Case Reports

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