Background: Asthma is a chronic airway disease that causes difficulty in breathing in which bronchospasm is a hallmark in acute exacerbation. In management of asthma attack, agonist β2 is the best option as treatment for mild, moderate and severe asthma. Agonist β2 nebulization as bronchodilator has been used wide/y nowadays. Lack of clinical study have been done to compare the pharmacologica…
Background: Obstructive sleep apnea has been known as one of risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD). The aim ofthis study is to examine the relation of oxygen desaturation index (ODI) due to OSA and CAD. Methods: This study included 74 OSA men who were diagnosis of CAD by previous medical examination using treadmill and CT angiography and cardiac catheterization. Polysomnography was pe…
Introduction: Coronary calcification is a subclinical condition that may cause coronary artery disease (CAD). The main issue of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the intermitten hypoxemia which is an important stimulus to increase morbidity and mortality in cardiovascular disease. In this study we investigate the male OSA patients with abnormal calcium score (Ca score) to predict CAD. Methods:…
Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is an important opportunistic infection in HIV-intracted patients and other immune system disorders. Diagnosis of PCP remains a challenge because the clinical symptoms, reutine laboratory and rediological examinations are not typical. The proven diagnosis must be performed by finding P. Jiroved in histopathologic preparations with conventional or immunocytochemical …
Regular visit to doctor for asthma controling manegement is an important process to observe the development of athma therapy and symptomps improvement in every patient. Regular visit maneged every 1-6 monthhs based on asthma severity. For those who were not capable of conducting regular vsit to asthama clinic in Persahabatan Hospital, we need to identify their reason, recent condition, therapy,…
Due to the increased of drug development, medical services and comunity awareness to asthma disease, considered asthma patient would pay more attention to control their asthma status. asthma control test is one of the tools to measure asthma controlled level. this study performed to the population of asthmatic patient in asthma clinic Persahabatan Hospital Jakarta May-July 2009. Methods : The A…
Background : Prevale of asthma in children in indonesia varies from 2.1% to 32.2% depends on location of the study (urban vs rural), and method of study (questionnaire vs bronchoprovodation testing). however, the prevalene of asthma in children in suburb of jakarta-relatively less airway pollution were unknow. this study using the ISAAC (International study of asthma and allergies in childhood)…
Background :The administration of controlled drug is a part of asthma management. Beside of this, regular exercise may also reduce asthma symptoms. The following clinical experimental study was conducted to evaluate the benefit of the sian Asthma Gymnastic (IAG) and Merpati Putih Gymnastic (MPG). Method :Fifty four mild and oderate persistent asthma patients participated in this study. They wer…
Introduction:Asthma prevalence is increasing in all part of the world including Indonesia. This research to know asthma prevalence of 13–14 years old children in West Jakarta in 2008. To know relationship between asthma prevalence and wheeze, night cough, asthma in the last 12 months, physical exercise, atopy (rhinitis and eczema), history of breastfeeding in early life, and familial history …
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD) pervelence in the elderly is incresing. During aging, lung structure and function deteriorate and increase pathogenetic susceptibility to COPD. Aging is a progressive decline of homeostasis that occus after the reproductive phase of life is complete and leading to an increasing risk of disease of death. Failure of organs to repair DNA damage by oxid…