Hounsfield unit is software included on a CT-Scan that can assess various types of networks' density levels. It has 4,096 gray colors and has different density levels. The Hounsfield Unit can assess the density of stones, air, bone, fat, lung, and soft tissue. The purpose of this study was to determine the results of the Hounsfield measurement of kidney stone units in determining the densi…
Pulmonary mycosis is a disease characterized by increased pulmonary sensitivity due to infection and fungal colonization. The cause of increased growth of the pulmonary fungus is often associated with the consumption of drugs such as corticosteroids, antibiotics, and immunosuppressive drugs such as cytostatics. The high human mobilization causes the incidence of pulmonary mycosis to increas…
Nephrolitiasis (kidney stones) is a condition where stones are found in the pelvis or renal calyx. The treatment of urinary tract stones can be performed minimally invasive using Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). PCNL is a kidney stone treatment procedure that is considered relatively safe, effective, cheap, comfortable and has low morbidity when compared to open surgery. In the beginni…
Blunt violence is a type of violence that comes from objects that have blunt/hard/rough ( such as stone, wood, hammer, fist, and nails) surface hit the body tissues resulting in wounds, injuries, and trauma. Type of wounds caused by blunt violence are abrasions, bruises and tearing. This study aims to find out the profile of injury case due to blunt violence examined at Bhayangkara Pekanbar…
Domestic violence is an action of someone done mostly to women that caused physical, psychological, and sexual suffering or misery. It can also in the form of domestic neglect and including threats of coercion and independence deprivation against the law of the household environment by PKDRT Law No. 23 of 2004 Article 1. The descriptive retrospective method was used as the research design t…
Colorectal masses can be non-neoplasm, benign neoplasm, and malignant neoplasm. Diagnosis of colorectal mass can be done by examining a biopsy followed by a histopathological examination. The aim of thus study was to described the histopathology feature of colorectal mass biopsy in the Anatomic Pathology Laboratory of Arifin Achmad Regional Hospital in Riau Province January 2015 - December…
Sexual violence is all types of coercion and threats of any sexual act that is undesirable by a person as a victim. The words 'threat" and "coercion" become the core of sexual violence. The word "threat" refers to verbal while "coercion" refers to action. The goal of this research is to find out the profile of sexual violence cases examined at Bhayangkara Hospital Pekanbaru Riau period of …
Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory process that mainly affects the medium sized arteries. Fatty liver is associated with atherosclerosis, although the mechanism is not clearly known. One of these conditions is based on increased levels of oxidative stress and inflammation. Proteasom is a complex enzyme that plays a vital role in the inflammatory of atherosclerosis. The purpose of this study…
Proteasomes are large protein complexes responsible for the degradation of intracellular proteins other than lysosomes through the ubiquitin-proteasome system. Previous studies have shown an increase in proteasome expression at each stage of atherosclerosis, especially at the progression stage. This study aims to analyxe the effects of proteasome inhibitor that is called bortezomib on athe…
Breastmilk is the best food for babies, especially for babies aged 0-6 months. The coverage of exclusive breastfeeding at the Sidomulyo Puskesmas in Pekanbaru in 2017 was 44.40%, while the coverage of exclusive breastfeeding at the Sidomulyo Inpatient Puskesmas Pekanbaru in 2019 was 50.1%, this is still below the national target of 100%. The factor of knowledge and information obtained also…
A challenge in sanitation development is the problem of the behavior of the population who practice open defecation free. The behavior of open defecation free is often found in rural areas and locations of residence near water areas. Open defecation free is caused by several factors, among others, the first factor is the predisposing factor consisting of age, poor knowledge, having a negati…
Riau is one of the provinces that are very vulnerable to flood disaster. Flood carriers various impacts for the community, including health impacts with various diseases such as diarrhea, leptospirosis, skin diseases, dengue fever, malaria, typhoid fever, upper respiratory tract infections, ect. Community knowledge affects attitudes and practices in dealing with the health impacts of floods…
Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder due to persistent hyperglycemia that can cause microvascular and macrovascular damage. This persistent hyperglycemia condition can have an impact on the quality of life. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between HbA1c levels and quality of life of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus participants in Rejosari Public Health…
Post mortem investigations, which consisted of external and internal examination (autopsy), is one of the forensic methods to give an overview and determining one's cause of death. Performing this examination is very important, especially in death cases where a criminal act is suspected. This study aims to understand the profile of child post mortem examination in Riau Province period 2015…
Hearing loss or deafness is defined as the diminishing or loss of hearing function. Deafness is categorized into 3 types namely conductive deafness, sensorineural deafness, and mixed deafness. Deafness is examined by pure tone audiometry dan presented in the form of audiogram. The prevalence of deafness in Riau Province of elder aged ≥75 years old is 0,13%. This percentage is the 3rd hig…
Hepatitis B remains an endemic disease in many countries around the world. Patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) are at risk for fatal liver diseases such as cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Liver cell damage in hepatitis patients is caused by the body's immune response against infected liver cells. Vitamin D regulates the body's immune response by binding to vitamin D recept…
Chronic liver inflammation by hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a result of immune response against viral invasion which can ultimately cause liver dysfunction. The severity of liver dysfunction can be determined by the albuminbilirubin ratio (ALBI). Vitamin D has been suggested to play an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) through its role in immune system …
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a disease marked by airflow resistance in the respiratory tract which is progressive and reversible. Airflow resistance can be measured by performing lung function test using spirometry. Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) on 2016 presents a prevalence of 251 millions COPD patients and COPD was ranked as the third largest cause of de…
Self-assessment is a formative assessment made by students themselves known as assessment as learning which is useful for students to prepared the summative results. This researched aimed to determined the effect of self-assessment made by the students as the assessment as learning on the result of the CBT Block exams at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Riau. The designed of this rese…
Soccer athletes need flexibility to play well. One component of physical fitness is flexibility. Flexibility is defined as the ability of muscles to elongate / extend as much as possible so that the body can move with maximum Range of Motion (ROM) without being accompanied by discomfort or pain. The higher the level of flexibility, the risk of injury is reduced,because of that, to have a hi…