Background: Tuberculosis (TB) based on its manifestations is divided into two, pulmonary and extra pulmonary. Extrapulmonary TB can be miliary TB and pharyngeal TB. Miliary TB is spread by hematogenous spread to several organs. The diagnosis of extrapulmonary TB takes a long time, an accurate examination can determine extrapulmonary TB infection. Case Presentation: A 47-year-old man complain…
Background: Leptospirosis is a public health problem throughout the world, especially in countries with tropical and subtropical climates and with high rainfall, such as Indonesia. Leptospirosis is a ratoriginated disease that is classified as an emerging disease, caused by the Leptospira interrogans bacteria that are pathogenic to humans and animals. Leptospirosis can cause kidney problems d…
Background : The prevalence of olfactory disorders is around 68–85% which occurs in COVID-19 patients with obesity and allergies as risk factors. The abnormalities olfactory pathways can cause by inflammatory response in adipose tissue in obese patients and excessive inflammation due to hyperreactivity of the immune system to allergens in allergic patients. This study aims to analyze the …
Background : Recurrence of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC) is the emergence of a tumor remission after administration of chemoradiation based on symptoms and several examinations. The combination of chemotherapy in recurrent NPC still gives good results. The combine of regimens used is still varied and not much study has been done to assess the clinical response. The objectives of this study…
Background: Benign Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (CSOM) is a middle ear inflammation characterized by otorrhea with perforation in the central tympanic membrane. Topical ofloxacin as a standard therapy in this type of CSOM has limitations in reducing otorrhea score. Vitamin A supplementation could be given simultaneously with topical ofloxacin because of its property as a regulator of the …
Kejadian henti jantung merupakan penyebab utama dari kematian yang banyak ditemukan di masyarakat sampai saat ini baik itu di negara maju ataupun negara berkembang seperti Indonesia. Upaya untuk menangani henti jantung tersebut adalah dengan tindakan Resusitasi Jantung Paru dengan tujuan mengembalikan denyut jantung sehingga sirkulasi darah yang terhenti kembali normal dan otak terhindar da…
Background: Hydrocephalus in children is a complex condition that can affect neurodevelopmental disorders, including hearing impairment. Changes in pressure and amount of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) could cause endolymph hydrops which results in inner ear dysfunction. Objective: To study the mechanism of how hydrocephalus could cause hearing loss. Case: A 1 year 7 months old girl with hydrocep…
Background : Oral mucositis is an injury of normal mucosal tissue with an acute inflammation of the oral, tongue, and pharyngeal mucosa after exposure to chemoradiotherapy. Post chemoradiotherapy oral mucositis is commonly accompanied by painful swallowing or odynophagia. Povidone iodine 1% is an antiseptic mouthwash that widely used to prevent infections in the oral cavity. The aim of this …
Introduction: Streptomycin and kanamycin are aminoglycosides that are toxic to the cochlea vestibular system, can causing hearing loss. This antibiotic is used for the treatment of tuberculosis and its ototoxicity occurs in 20% of tuberculosis patients. Spirulina is a cyanobacterial species that is used as a dietary supplement and contains phycocyanin compounds that function as antioxidants a…
Background : In chronic rhinosinusitis patients, there is a subgroup of patients with persistent symptoms after treatment, who often shows bone thickening and remodeling in their paranasal sinuses and described as osteitis. Osteitis can be evaluated by several methods, one of which is the Global Osteitis Score (GOS). This study was aimed to analyse the correlation between preoperative ostei…
Background: Osteoarthritis is a long-term, chronic disease that is usually marked by cartilage degeneration in the joints, which in turn induces bone friction. One of the subtype of this disease is facet joint osteoarthritis or in short, FJOA. In Indonesia, FJOA has not been commonly documented. The most common method for FJOA inspection is X-Ray modality. The usage of other radiology imagin…
Scaling up SARS‑CoV‑2 testing and tracing continues to be plagued with the limitation of the sample collection method, which requires trained healthcare workers to perform and causes discomfort to the patients. In response, we assessed the performance and user preference of gargle specimens for qRT‑PCR‑based detection of SARS‑CoV‑2 in Indonesia. Inpatients who had recently been …
Kegawatdaruratan maternal dan neonatal merupakan suatu kondisi yang dapat mengancam jiwa, hal ini dapat terjadi pada ibu selama periode kehamilan, persalinan, masa nifas dan pada bayi baru lahir. Kegawatan tersebut harus segera ditangani, karena jika terlambat dalam menangani akan menyebabkan morbiditas dan mortalitas pada ibu dan bayi baru lahir. Kejadian Kematian Ibu yang selanjutnya dinya…
Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a chronic condition characterized by repetitive episodes of upper airway collapse, apnea, and arousal during sleep. OSA and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are common comorbid conditions. Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is an approximation of an individual’s average blood glucose level for the prior two to three months, and therefore is considered to b…
Latar belakang : Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) memiliki hubungan dua arah dengan stroke iskemik. SDB yang tidak diobati dapat menyebabkan stroke berulang. Penanganan SDB adalah kunci untuk preventif pada pasien stroke. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis IMT, lingkar leher besar, deviasi septum, hipertrofi konka, hipertrofi tonsila palatina, makroglosia, dan obstruksi saluran naf…
Latar belakang : Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) memiliki hubungan dua arah dengan sindrom metabolik seperti Diabetes Mellitus (DM) dan hipertensi, komponen sindrom metabolik meningkatkan risiko terjadinya SDB. IMT >30 kg/m2, aktivitas fisik, lingkar leher >40 cm dan hipertensi berisiko tinggi terhadap kejadian SDB. SDB telah terbukti meningkatkan risiko dan keparahan DM, sehingga penangan…
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major public health problem in Indonesia. It ranks among the top four cancers with high mortality rates. CRC screening is expected to improve early diagnosis that can reduce mortality and morbidity rate. Primary health care-based CRC screening in Indonesia has not yet been performed. This study was conducted to obtain information about prevalence, adenoma detectio…
Abstrak. Benign parokxysmal position vertigo (BPPV) merupakan gangguan vestibular perifer yang paling sering ditemui, sekitar 30%, dikarakteristikkan dengan serangan vertigo yang disebabkan oleh perubahan posisi kepala. BPPV terjadi ketika otolith yang terdiri dari kalsium karbonat yang berasal dari makula pada utrikulus yang lepas dan bergerak dalam lumen dari salah satu kanal semisirkular. …
Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is one of the most common and serious sleep disorders that can cause various neurocognitive disorders such as depression and anxiety. OSA can occur in young adults, who are at an important developmental age in human life. The relationship between OSA and levels of depression and anxiety has never been studied in young adults, especially college stu…
Latar belakang :Sindrom Down merupakan kelainan kromosomal genetik yang disebut trisomi dimana terdapat tambahan kromosom pada kromosom 21. Pertumbuhan anak dengan sindrom Down cenderung mengalami perlambatan diberbagai sektor, salah satunya adalah gangguan pendengaran (65–75%) . Tujuan penulisan laporan kasus ini untuk mengetahui kurang pendengaran pada anak dengan sindrom Down serta ta…