Ceftibuten is a third generation cephalosporine with beta laktamase resistent properties. The drug is a broad-spectrum, oral and allows a single daily dosage which ensures patient compliance. The properties of ceftibuten is compared to ciprofloxacin for the treatment of bronchitis and pneumonia using a clinical trial with a comparative, paralel group, randomized methode. Ceftibuten was given 40…
The objective of the study is to identify the internal and external factors affecting the intelligence of pre-school children. The study was carried out in Pasar Minggu district, southern Jakarta, from July to September 1993. The samples were 60 pre-school children, age 2 to years old, of Javanese and West Sumateranese migrant families. The study found that nutrition status of children had a po…
Aging may affect functional and structural changes of the urinary tract which modify the response against infection. Structural changes in elderly such as prostate hypertrophy, urinary tract stone, the use of catheter, and the presence of cystoceles should be treated properly. Attention should be paid on functional abnormalities in elderly may also play a role in the changes. Those factors make…
HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and and low platelets) syndrome is multisystem diseases from of preeclampsia/eclampsia marked by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, heapetic dysfunction and thrombocytopenia. The teminology and diagnostic criteria used to describe this syndrome have been confusing and inconsistent. The etiology of the HELLP syndrome in preeclampsia is poorly understood, …