Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is an infection that attacks immune system. It's known as CD4 cells. The decreasing of CD4 cells will increase risk of having opportunistic infection (OI), then leads to AIDS. The aim of this research was to know the correlation between CD4 count and opportunistic infection on patients who infected to HIV/AIDS in RSUD Arifin Achmad Provinsi Riau period of 2015…
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic and recurrent inflammatory disease, with pruritic where certain predilections according to the age. Atopic dermatitis prevalence has increased almost every year. The etiology is multifactorial, with two main hypotheses regarding immunology and skin barrier. Zinc is a micronutrient that plays an important role in regulating the immune response through various …
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The examination method for diagnosis of TB that widely used is smear microscopy examination which has a low sensitivity and cannot determine drug-resistant TB. Moleculer Rapid Test GeneXpert MTB/RIF which can accurately detect M. tuberculosis and rifampicin resistant for less than 2 hours. The aim of this study is …
Penile cancer is one of the malignancies in urology. This cancer can develop in any part of the penis, especially most often happen at the foreskin in men who have not been circumcised and at the glans penis. Various risk factors related to lifestyle have a close influence with these cases such as smoking history, age, tribe and religion. The high mortality rate associated with this disease bec…
Helminthic infestation is an environmental-based disease, one of them is the intestinal helminthic which transmitted through soil, thats frequently called Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH). Specieses of STH which usually infested humans are Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale. Helminthiasis can cause reduction of physical development, intellige…
Sepsis is life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by an imbalanced body response to infection. sepsis is caused by bacteria, fungi, virus, or parasite. sepsis patient is usually admitted to Internsive Care Unit (ICU) and antibiotic administration is needed in sepsis treatment. Antibiotic resistance is a result of irrational antibiotic usage. Antibiotic resistance is a serious problem in sepsi…
Heart disease is the major non-obstetric cause of morbidity and mortality in pregnancy. Several study showed that pregnancy with heart diseases are related to maternal and perinatal complications such as mortality, heart failure, arrhytmias, pulmonary edema, low birth weight, and prematurity. The aim of this study is to know the incidence, risk factor characteristic, and description of pregnanc…
Sepsis is life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Septic shock is a subset of sepsis with circulatory and cellular/metabolic dysfunction associated with a higher risk of mortality. Sepsis and septic shock are major healthcare problems, affecting millions of people around the world each year. This study is a descriptive retrospective study to deter…
Testicular cancer is the most malignancy in men aged 15-34 years and constitutes 1-2% of all malignancies in men. Various risk factors related to lifestyle have a close relationship with these cases such as smoking history, history of cryptorchidism, family history and a history of testicular cancer. This study to describe the incidence, patient profile, and risk factors found in testicular can…
Hypertension is a non-communicable disease that is a health problem and is called the silent killer. The state of increased blood pressure can continue to a target organ which can cause strokes, heart attacks, kidney disorders, and blindness. The purpose of this study was to analyze the correlation between smoking habits and blood pressure in hypertensive patients at RSUD Arifin Achmad Riau Pro…
Microbilogical examination of the acid fast bacilli (AFB) is an important adjuct test in diagnosing pulmonary TB. In most cases, when symptoms of pulmonary TB is found, the results of the AFB test will be positive. This study aims to determine the prevalence of positive AFB in the smear of patients with new case of pulmonary TB with type-2 DM in Arifin Achmad general kospital Riau Province, per…
Informed consent must be done before any of medical treatments performed by doctors. Every medical students on their journey to become a doctor should go through a phase called clinical rotation to implement the theories that they have got from the pre-clinical phase. The aim of this study was to determine the level of knowledge, attitude, and behaviour among medical clerkships of Riau Universi…
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition as the body's response to the infection process which can cause failure of the function of tissues and organs. Damage more than one organ experienced by sepsis patients causes patients to be administered with several drugs that may lead to polypharmacy. Polypharmacy is the simultaneous use of five or more drugs in the same patient. The purpose of this stud…
Underweight is a problem of malnutrition with the increasing prevalence both in the world and Indonesia. This condition has a greater risk of occurring in adolescent because inappropriate behavior and high nutritional needs, which unhealthy eating pattern is one of the predisposing factor. The purpose of this study was to describe eating pattern awareness and intention in underweight adolescent…
Weight training with pyramid set method and high whey protein milk consumption are effective methods to increase muscle mass. There are not many studies that combined these 2 methods to increase the muscle mass . The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of combination : pyramid weight training sets and consumption of high whey protein milk to increase the muscle mass. Muscle mass s…
Cadaver embalming by certain chemicals is used to inhibit decay and maintain the external appearance in order to keep it remain similar to their conditions during life. This study was conducted to determine the effect of the embalming technique on macroscopic of pulmonary organs of wistar rat (Rattus norvegicus) using 37% formaldehyde. This study involved 15 male (Rattus norvegicus) wistar rat…
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a common, preventable and treatable diesease that is characterized by progressive and persistent airflow limitation in respiratory tract and associated with an inflammatory response caused by exposure to noxious particles or gases. An elevated neutrophils in peripheral bloodstream are triggered by circulating cytokines in respiratory tract that st…
Psoriasis vulgaris is a chronic inflammatory skin disease, which is associated with dyslipidemia with potential impairment of lipoproteins. Systemic chronic inflammation is suspected to be the link between psoriasis vulgaris and this abnormality. The longer duration of the psoriasis vulgaris, the more complex immunological interactions that lead to life-threatening comorbidities. This study aim…
Psoriasis is a chronic non-infectious inflammatory disease of the skin that is a result of polygenic predisposition combined with trigger factors such as trauma, infection, stress, and drugs. Prevalence of psoriasis in world population about 0.1-11.8%. There have been no studies on the relationship of fasting blood sugar to the duration of psoriasis vulgaris illness in Pekanbaru. The study is a…