ABSTRACT Background: Modified Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (MSOFA) scoring system has been developed as critical care triage in centers with limited resources. Previous studies evaluated the perprmance of MSOFA only in critically ill surgical patients and showed low precision in predicting mortality. Addition of another variable to improve MSOFA's performance merits firrther investig…
BACKGROUND Data collecred in 20 I 0 from Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital indicate that complicated skin and soft tissue infections accounted for more than 10% of cases. Etiological diagnoses are based On the findings on bacterial culture and thus evaluation of the effectiveness of bacterial culture becornes a necessity, The purpose of this study was to evaluate the operational effectiveness of ba…
Aim: to investigate the side effects and survival of endoscopic variceal ligation by using Indonesian Endoscopic Ligator versus Endoscopic Variceal Sclerotherapy Methods: we studied the medical records and endoscopy reports of patients who underwent endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) or endoscopic sclerotherapy (EST) from January 2003 until December 2006. EST was done using ethoxysclerol inj…
Ruptured esophageal varices has been recognized as the most frequent cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, particulary in developing countries. It is found approximately in 30% of patients with major upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage and the mortality rates ranges about 15% to 40%. Most patients who have cirrhosis develop varices, but only one third of them experiences variceal bleeding. Th…
To distinguish the expression of NF-kB and COX-2 between young and older group of sporadic colorectetal cancer patients. This was a comparative study between sporadic CRC patients aged 40 years or younger and patients aged 60 years or more. Expression of NF-kB and COX-2 were assessed by immunohistochemical method using rabbit polyclonal antibodies against human p65 NF-kB and COX-2 proteins. The…