The purpose of this study is to get an illustration of serum prealbumin level in children and its relationship with anthropometrical nutritional status according to Gomez, Indonesia Tarwotjo-Soekirman and Depkes classifications. This study was done on 51 boys and 49 girls who were clinically healthy, aged 12 to 24 months, who visited the Growth and Development Clinics Health, Medical Faculty of…
Cancer has become a major problem in health situation nowadays. As high as 70 percent to 90 percent of cancer patients, especially ones already in advanced state, have pain as their major symptom. Pain in cancer patients is caused by cancer invasion and metastasis, side effect of cancer therapy, or by other aethiologies. The use of non-opioid, opioid analgesics and adjuvants in cancer pain mana…
A study has been done on the theophylline serum levels and pulmonary function tests, comparising FVC, FEV1 and PEFR, on 21 patients with status asthmaticus, age 15 to 50 years, admitted in the Intensive Care Unit, Pulmonary Department Dr. Soetomo General Hospital Surabaya and treated with the standard protocol. Theophyllines serum levels and pulmonary functions test were measured immedistely af…
During the period of January 1993 until December 1994, 18 patients suffered from varicella were hospitalized in Bethesda Hospital, Tomohon Minahasa, North Celebes. All Were treated with oral acyclovir 200 mg, five times daily for five consecutive days. After an average of 4 days care, 15 patients were released from hospital except two after 10 days of care. Acyclovir seemed effective to decreas…