Background: Pie urai effusion is abnormal accumulation of pieurai fluid in pie urai cavity, which is caused by excessive transudation or exudation form pieurai surface and as complication of various diseases. The aim of this study was to understand the characteristic of pie urai effusion. Methods: This study was an observational descriptive. A total 119 patients with pieurai effusion were eva…
Background: The quantitative assays are important tests in the management of patients with HIV-1/AIDS. The important step in developing the assay is the availability of the standard HIV-1 RNA. For this purpose, we optimized in vitro HIV-1 RNA transcription to produce the standard HIV-1 RNA. Methods: The HIV-1 DNA was amplified from pNL43 by PCR using a primer pair that was specific for conse…
Background: The Ki-67 protein is a biomarker associated with cell proliferation and from some literature it can be valuable negative prognostic factor in non-small cell lung cancer. We investigated the Ki-67 protein expression in resected non-small cell lung cancer to evaluated the impact on clinicopathological characteristics and postoperative prognosis. Material and Method: Using monoclonal …
Introduction: Hemoptysis is one of respiratory emergencies that need immediate managements in the hospital. In Dept.of Pulrnonoloqy and Respiratory Medicine I Persahabatan Hospital, all patient with hemoptysis must be addmitted. Discharge criteria for hemoptysis patient is if they had already free from hemoptysis for 3 days, but there is a need for evidence to support this policy. Therefore, th…
Methods: We performed a cross sectional, retrospective study in Persahabatan Hospital. We used medical Introduction: Malignant pleural effusions (MPE) are caused most commonly by carcinomas of the breast, lung, gastrointestinal tract or ovary and by lymphomas. In male patients about half of malignant effusions are caused by lung cancer. With lung cancer, a malignant pleural effusion may be the …
Introduction. The tumor supressor gen p53 mutation encodes a protein that inhibits programmed cell death (apoptosis). The protein is expressed in basal cells in normal human epithelium, but no data are available on the frequency or clinical importance of its expression in carcinoma. We studied p53 mutation protein expression in post surgery tissues of patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma…
conditions. The aims of this study are to explain clicinal characterisistics, CT scan appearances and tumor marker of the mediastinal tumor patients when the result of pathological anatomy exam is doubtful. So that physicians can conclude the diagnosis of the mediastinal tumor. The method of this study is a cross sectional survey which located in Pershabatan Hosital. East Jakarta, Indonesia. Th…