In order to know the pattern of drug use in Hasan Sadikin General Hospital (RSHS), a field research had been carried out a large number of outpatient prescriptions which taken in RSHS drugstore during January 1995, by using descriptive methode, retrospective survey technique and prescribing indicator for International Network for rational Use of Drugs (INRUD). The result showed that average num…
Hybridization temperature of PCR technique plays an important role in obtaining the successful amplification of templates DNA. The hybridization temperature depends on the composition and the number of oligonucleotides existing in the primers. In this work we have optimized the hybridization temperature of seven primers used to amplify the templete DNA. The following methods were applied in thi…
The incidence of lung malignancies gradually increase. Mostly lung cancers detected in a late stage as a result of extensive spreading locally and or distant metastases. It will be easy to detect when lesions reach a sufficient size to ulcerate into a bronchus. Cytology sputum could give high acuracy diagnoses, in early stage so the aim of this study was to determine the effectivity of cytology…
A prospective study evaluated potential use of fibrio Naso-Laryngoscope to assess the morphology of the larynx had been conducted in patients with hoarse voice symptom, due to variable causes. Forty one subjects were examined and assessed prior to treatment to obtain the exact and definite cause of hoarseness. This study updates the previously reported findings by former investigators using rig…
Stress ulcer is defined as an acute mucosal lesion of the upper gastrointestinal tract caused by an indirect influence of several pathological situations such as brain tumor, severe burn, patients with multiorgan failure and stroke. Many investigators have reported the prevalence of stress ulcer among patients with stroke. This article will report the result of endoscopic examination among pati…
Stroke in the young was thought uncommon, estimated at a proportion of only 3 to 5 percent. However, in the last two decades it was considered not so uncommon, and probably higher in the developing contries. From two studies in Indonesia the occurrence was 11 and 14 percent. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the young was also considered uncommon, estimated lesser in women. In this study the…
A case of young (20 years) male presenting with dramatic onset of weakness in all the limbs in presented. Patient had three such episodes in the past 2 years lasting for 4-6 hrs. There was no family history of such weaknes. A diagnosis of hypokalaemic periodic paralysis was made. Patient was given intravenous potassium, improved considerably and put on acetazolamide prophylaxis. The case is bei…