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…
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…
Learning approach is the way to achieve learning objectives. It can be divided into 3 (three): deep approach, surface approach and achieving approach. Learning approach might influence OSCE score in medical faculty students. The aim of this research was to analyze the correlation between learning approach and OSCE score in second year students of Medical Faculty of Riau University. This was ana…
Head injuries are among the most common types of trauma encountered in emergency room. Head injury is a injury that is directly or indirectly in the head which effects the injury to the scalp, skull fracture, tear on the lining of the brain, damage of the brain tissue and neurological disorders. Moderate head injury is defined as an admission GCS score of 9 to 12. 15% patients with brain injur…
Genital warts are sexually transmitted infections caused by certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that causes fibroepithelioma in the skin and mucosal . The use of condoms is one of the methods to prevent genital warts. Female sex workers (FSW) have a higher risk of genital warts.This study aims to determine the influence of condom use towards the risk of genital warts among female sex wo…
Almost all human will be affected by AV at least once in their lifetime. Successful treatment of AV can impact patient’s quality of life. Acne vulgaris treatment outcome is associated with the patient adherence. The aim of this study is to know the association between acne vulgaris and adherence among students in Medical Faculty of Universitas Riau. The type of research is cross-sectional ana…
Wooden dust contaminates industrial areas so that woodworking workers can be exposed and susceptible to pulmonary function changes.This study aim was to determine the level of wood dustand and assess the lung physiology of Woodworking workers in CV.X. The study design was descriptive cross sectional. The study included 18 Woodworking workers taken by total sampling. The results of measurement l…
An Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AECOPD) is a condition when patient with COPD experiences a sustained increase in cough, sputum production and dyspnea. Patient with AECOPD requires hospitalization which duration can be influenced by various factors. This study aimed to determine the relationship between the COPD severity level, comorbidity, stagnancy and methods …
Penile paraffinoma or Sclerosing Lipogranuloma is a deformity of the penis caused by the self-injection of certain liquid to increase the size of the penis. These injections can stimulate multiple undesired reactions that can eventually cause an inability to achieve sexual activities. Therefore it is important to know the profile of management on penile paraffinoma by age, duration, anatomical …
Hypertension was a common public health problem in developing countries. The patient's knowledge of hypertension was essential so that the patient can control his blood pressure. This study aims to analyze the relationship of knowledge level about hypertension with controlled blood pressure in hypertensive patients in Arifin Achmad hospital Riau Province. The research method was analytic resear…
Gunshot wounds are caused by penetration of bullet into the body. Gunshot wounds are associated with criminal cases involving firearms as a means to injure or kill person. This study aims to determine the autopcy profile of gunshot wound victim cases in Bhayangkara Hospital Pekanbaru in 2013-2017. The research method used is retrospective descriptive by using secondary data of Visum et Repertum…