Lung abscess is infection to the pulmonary parenchyma caused by a bacterial that results in damage and supuration to lung tissue. Abcesses in the lungs are generally caused by aspiration pneumonia, necrosis, and bacterial infections. The purpose of this study is to examine the characteristics of lung abscess patients hospitalized at arifin achmad hospital in 2016-2020. This type of research…
Skin is a special organ in human body that have function for maintain human health. One of skin’s function is to protect human by physical barriers, biomolecules and skin pH. Normal skin has an acidic pH, with pH value of 4,1-5,8. Increase of pH value can causing pathogenic microorganism growth. At the pH value 6 there is an increase of Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) which is contrib…
HPV infection in men shows a lack of visible penile lesions, this has led to the need to seek more sensitive and specific diagnostic methods for detecting HPV in men. A trusted diagnostic approach for men is HPV DNA testing. To ensure appropriate sampling, the presence of human DNA from the smear was assessed by PCR detection of the β-globin gene, the success of the formation of the PCR p…
A prisoner is a suspect who is undergoing a criminal period, serving a criminal period does not mean that the prisoner loses all his rights. Prisoners' rights have been regulated in Government Regulation No. 58/1999, one of which is health insurance. The purpose of this study was to determine how the role of the medical and health sectors of the Riau regional police in fulfilling the health…
Forensic identification is an effort made to determine the identity of a person or corpse by matching data obtained from antemortem data. One thing that is needed in the forensic identification process is determining height. Estimation of height can be determined by long bones of the body, one of which is medial phalanx bone of the fingers. This research was conducted in Riau Province with …
Scabies is a skin infection caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiesi var. Hominis. According to data from Pekanbaru City Health Office, there were 29 cases of infectious and parasitic diseases in 2019 and an increase to 155 cases happened by the year 2020. The high incidence rate was due to the increased risk of disease transmission in densely populated residential areas, high poverty rate and…
Cervical cancer is cancer that occurs in the uterine cervix, an area which is the entrance to the uterus that located between the uterus and the vagina. The main risk factor driving the development of cervical cancer is persistent infection with hrHPV. Screening for cervical cancer is necessary to prevent cervical cancer. Among several cervical cancer screening techniques, the HPV DNA ident…
The most common dental and oral health problems encountered, especially in Indonesia, are dental caries in children. In this case, the behavior of maintaining dental and oral health is determined by good knowledge for the formation of action and is supported by a positive attitude. The purpose of this study was to describe the knowledge, attitudes and actions as well as to determine the den…
Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that is multifactorial and has varied clinical manifestations. Duration of untreated psychosis refers to the period from which a patient first experiences psychotic symptoms until the patient has received antipsychotic treatment. Patients often experience delays in treatment which is believed to affect the severity of symptoms of schizophrenia pati…
Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder characterized by impaired perception of reality (delusions and hallucinations). Duration of untreated psychosis refers to the period from the onset of the first psychotic symptoms to the initiation of adequate treatment. This study aims to determine whether there is a relationship between duration of untreated psychosis and the rehospitalizations in…
Visum et Repertum (VeR) is a written medical statement made by a doctor on the basis of a request from the police or investigators and to prove a patient suspected of being a victim of a crime, medical examinations are carried out on humans, living or dead or on parts of the human body. In this case, the findings of the medical examination are recorded and interpreted in writing, under oath…
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a virus that spreads skin-to-skin which will cause pre-cancerous lesions or cancerous lesions. HPV infection in men are often asymptomatic, so that they can increase the risks of cancer in their partners. So it is necessary to have screening to prevent HPV infection in male. This study aims to determine the optimization of the sampling used for the detection of HPV…
Atherosclerosis is a change that occurs in the lumen of the arteries caused by the accumulation of cholesterol in the tunica intima of arteries. These changes are characterized by fat deposits, leukocyte accumulation, foam cell formation, smooth muscle cell migration and proliferation and extracellular matrix deposits, resulting in thicker and stiffer blood vessels. Bortezomib is a proteaso…
Nasal polyps are disorders of the nasal mucosa in the form of soft masses that are stemmed, round or oval, grayish-white, with a smooth surface. Nasal polyps are still a problem because they can affect the patient's quality of life. This study aims to determine the characteristics of nasal polyps patients at the ENT-HNS Polyclinic, Arifin Achmad Hospital, Riau Province in 2018-2020. The des…
Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is defined as inflammation of the nasal mucosa and paranasal sinuses lasting at least for 12 weeks. Based on the presence of the polyps, CRS is divided into CRS with and without polyp(s). Nasal polyp is the most common mass lesions of the paranasal sinus mucosa located in the nose which is caused by chronic mucosal inflammation. This study was conducted to dete…
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) is one of the most common urinary tract infections, accounting for more than 30% of all infections in hospitals. The infection is associated with increased mobility, mortality, resistance, and the length of time bacteria grow in the urinary tract due to the use of urethra catheters. The most common clinical symptoms of a CAUTI are fever, h…
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a benign prostate enlargement which found in men, and some of which are related to age. BPH patients often complain interference when urinating.Compliance is a term used to describe the behavior in taking medication properly about dosage,Frequency and timing.Management of BPH can be done by giving tamsulosin 0.4 mg to relax the smooth muscle of the pros…
Sunnah fasting Monday and Thursday is one of the sunnah fasting that is often done by Muslims by limiting food and drink. Blood pressure is the force exerted by blood on the walls of blood vessels which depends on the volume of blood and the tensile strength in the blood vessels. Sunnah fasting on Mondays and Thursdays can affect blood pressure by increasing parasympathetic activity due to …
Atherosclerosis comes from the Greek, which consists of two words, namely athero which means porridge or paste and sclerosis which means hardening. So it can be concluded that atherosclerosis is a condition of plaque buildup and hardening in the walls of arteries. Atherosclerosis causes the accumulation of lipids and fibrous tissue in blood vessels, thereby progressively narrowing the lumen…
Proteasome is a complex enzyme for protein degradation in most of intracellular proteins, so that, cellular proteasomes process’s regulation plays an important role. This research aimed to analyze the effect of giving a proteasome inhibitor, bortezomib, on the catalase expression in the aorta of atherosclerotic rat model. This experimental research used 15 male Wistar rats which were divi…