Introduction: Diagnostic tuberculosis using acid fast bacilli (AFB) microscopy and conventional Lowenstein Jensen (U) culture remain the cornerstone but the sensitivity of these traditional methods is quite low, especially in the samples containing small number of organism. There is a need for rapid, sensitive and accurate detection of these organisms in clinical specimens to hasten the adminis…
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 :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 …
Introduction:Prevalence of asthma in children in Indonesia varies from 2.1% to 32.2% depends on location of the study and method of study (questionnaire vs bronchoprovocation testing). This study using the ISAAC (International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood) written questionnaire to measure asthma prevalence in 13-14 years old students in Jakarta, Indonesia. Methods:The ISAAC quest…
Introduction: Prevalence of asthma in children in Indonesia varies from 2.1% to 32.2% depends on location of the study and method of study (questionnaire vs bronchoprovocation testing). This study using the ISAAC (International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood) written questionnaire to measure asthma revalence in 13-14 years old students in Jakarta, Indonesia. Methods: The ISAAC ques…
Introduction: Asthma is a chronic inftammation disease, controlled asthma is a goal in management of asthma patients which essential as a parameter of successful therapy. To assessing controlled asthma the asthma control of patient accurately in a busy asthma clinic with limited time and resources is always a challenging to the clinician. Asthma Control Test (ACT) as a tool to assess of control…
Study objective: To investigate wheter combination of steroid (fiuticasone) and long acting 13, agonist (salmeterol) inhalation better than budesonide inhalation to control moderate persistent asthma by evaluation with Asthma Control Test and FEV, Design: Clinical trial with randomized pretest-postlest comparative group design ~ Se.tting: Moderate persistent asthma due to the GINA 2005 cr…