Antibiotic prophylaxis is a part of infection prevention. The antibiotic given to the patients has a purpose to minimize the number of bacterial colony and inoculum contamination so it will decrease the risk of infection. The aim of this research is to find out the use of antibiotic prophylaxis on sectio caesarea on Arifin Achmad Regional General Hospital, Riau. The design of this research was …
Acne vulgaris is a chronic inflammatory disease of pilosebaceous follicles characterized by the presence of comedones, papules, pustules, nodules and cysts in predilection areas like face, shoulders, upper arms, chest and back. Fruits contain nutrients that function as antioxidants that can inhibit oxidative stress as one of the pathogenesis of acne vulgaris. The purpose of this study was to de…
Diabetes Melitus (DM) is a metabolic disease marked by hyperglycemia due to deficiency of insulin production (type 1 DM) or insulin resistence (type 2 DM). Hypertension is common among diabetic patients which can increase the mortality from DM complication. Physical activities have important role in the prevention and management of DM and hypertension. The purpose of this research was to examin…
Public health centre which its function is to increase public health needs availability of human health resources. This research objective was to investigate the availability of human resources at Sidomulyo Public Health Centre in Pekanbaru. The research design used descriptive-qualitative involving six core informants representing society and ten key informants from public health centre. The d…
Pesticides are toxic subtances which is used for destroying pests. Pesticides can affect human blood. This research was done descriptively to determine the hematology profiles on sprayers at PTPN V palm oil plantations, district Sei Galuh with total 60 persons. This research showed that 8 workers had low number of erythrocyte amount (13,33%), 8 workers had low hemoglobin levels (13,33%), 8 work…
Breakfast is an activity of eating from waking up done until to 9 am to fulfill some of daily nutritional needs (15-30% nutritional needed). The purpose of this study was to describe the students’ breakfast activity and nutritional status in medical faculty at the university of Riau class of 2017. This was a descriptive study, with 121 respondents. Study findings, showed that 70.2% of respond…
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is projected to increase in the coming decades because of continued exposure to risk factors COPD and population aging. Therefore, the purpose of using the CAT questionnaire is to evaluate the description of quality of life of COPD patients in Pulmonary Polyclinic of Arifin Achmad of Riau Province. This research was carried out in Pulmonary Polyclini…
Sexual abuse is serious public health and human right problem. Sexual abuse is one the most rapidly increasing and the most serious violence crime. The number of sexual abuse cases is increasing annually. The method used for this research was descriptive. The aim of this research is to get the profile of sexual violence in Indrasari Hospital, Indragiri Hulu. The result showed are 75 cases of se…
Epididymo-orchitis is an inflammatory process of the epididymis and testes. Epididymo-orchitis is a syndrome that mostly presents with acute pain and caused by pathogen that is sexually transmitted then spreading upward, or uropathogens that spread to the urinary tract. Epididymo-orchitis can affect any age and very common in men over 35 years. This is associated with increasing partial blockag…
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease associated with damage to joint cartilages, with pain as the main complaint. The treatment that is done greatly affects the quality of life of the patient. OA management includes non-pharmacotherapy, pharmacotherapy and surgery. The purpose of this research was to pharmacotherapy description of osteoarthritis patients in RSUD Arifin Achmad Ria…
Pediatric hydrocephalus were common problem encounter in neurosurgery. Hydrocephalus was an excessive collection of cerebral fluid in the ventricular system or a normal cerebrospinal fluid space which caused dilation of the ventricular system and an increase in intracranial pressure. One way to find out hydrocephalus abnormalities in children is to monitoring the size of the head circumference …
Over-nutrition is defined as a excessive accumulation of fat in adipose tissue that poses risk on health status. Over-nutrition is prevalent among children. National basic health research (RISKESDAS) 2010 showed that over-nutrition in urban children (10.4%) was greater than in rural areas (8.1%). The purpose of this study was to analyze risk factors related to the incidence of over-nutrition on…
Maternal and child health (MCH) problems are still unresolved, marked by high rates of maternal, neonatal, infant and child mortality in Indonesia. Cases were found in several public health centers (PHC) of Pekanbaru, but zero at the Senapelan PHC. This study aims to describe the MCH program at Senapelan PHC on management aspect. The research was a qualitative descriptive involving four informa…
The incidence of obesity in adolescents has increased from year to year.. Food-intake-related behavior is one of the causes that increases incidence of obesity in adolescents. The objective of this study was to assess the description of eating behavior of obese adolescents. The type of this study is descriptive survey using quantitative data. This study was conducted on two high schools in Peka…
Myopia is a condition where the near object is clearly visible, but the distant object is blurred. Factors influencing the myopia are age, sex, history of breast milk consumption, heredity, genetic, nutritional status, smoking and history of metabolic diseases such as hypertension or diabetes mellitus (DM). This study purposed to determine the prevalence of myopia based on age, class, sex and n…
Renal and ureter stone can lead to obstructive uropathy. Obstructive uropathy is obstruction of urinary flow anywhere in urinary tract and it can affect renal function. Release of obstruction will improve renal function. The purpose of this study is to see the alteration of ureum and creatinine level before and after stone removal and charactritic of factors that influence renal function.We rev…
Paraquat is herbicides that have a high level of effectiveness in tackling weeds, but have toxic effects on human and environment. One of the toxic effects is decreased dopamine contents in brain. Purpose of this research was to know the effects of paraquat on the histopathology of substantia nigra of mice (Mus musculus). This was experimental research with post test design only with control an…
Dietary fiber is a carbohydrate family defined as the residue of plant, that is undigested by human. This study observed the relationship between fiber consumption and bowel habit among the first year medical students of Universitas Riau. Sample size were 92 subjects. Fiber consumption and bowel behavior were collected by using a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire. Data were categor…
Diabetic is a group of metabolic abnormalities with characteristics of hyperglycemia that occurs due to insulin secretion defects, insulin action or both. Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) has several antioxidant effect such as binding ROS (radical oxygen species), regenerating endogen antioxidant and exacerbating cell damage. This study used fifteen Wistar adult male rats were divided into three groups,…
Basilar skull fracture is one of cranial fracture’s part that including to classification of head injury. The aim of this study was to find out the case description of basilar skull fracture on patient of head injury in Arifin Achmad General Hospital, Riau Province period 2015 – 2016. We underwent a retrospective descriptive study using secondary data from medical record of basilar skull fr…