Increasing of nile acid plasma level can happen in parenchymal damage, extretional disfunction caused by intra/extrahepatic obstruction of biliary system, synthetic and metabolic disfunction of the liver. This investigation are intended to evaluate the evaluation of fasting total bile acid (FIBA) level in chronic liver disease and to analyze if there is a correlation between FIBA with conventi…
A double blind randomized clinical trial was done at Dr. Sardjito General Hospital, Yogyakarta, to evaluate the effect of adenosin triphosphate (ATP) in reducing duration of fist stage of labour and incidence of complicated labour. The subjects of the study were 100 normal parturients fulfilling the inclusions criteria of 20 to 30 years of age, parity less than 4, gestational age of 38 to 42 we…
Maternal mortality rate in Indonesia is relatively high among Asean countries. The use of TBA services was regarded as one of the main cause of maternal death especially at urban areas where TBA service is still the primary priority of choice of many villagers. There are correlations between community health seeking behaviour with the local socio-cultural, economic status and community faith.
Since the first five years development plan, the coverage as well as the quality of maternal health services have been improved considerably, however the maternal mortality ratio has not shown any sign to decline so far. The Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey (IDHS) has shown high coverage of antenatal care in 1991 as well as in 1994, but more than fifty percent of deliveries are still ass…
The administration of antituberculosis drugs may cause various side effects including liver function disorders. The study on the tuberculosis out patients had been carried out to evaluate liver function disorders caused by anti tuberculosis drugs from September 1993 to December 1993. This study found 28 percent elevation of SGOT, SGPT and Alkali Phosphatase value among 1 2 months-treated patien…
Various liver diseases during pregnancy have been discussed. The Jaundice in pregnant woman may be pecullar to pregnancy, such as acute fatty liver, toxaemias, intrahepatic cholestasis and hyperemesis gravidarum; or as intercurrent jaundice during pregnancy, such as viral hepatitis, gallstones, hepatotoxic drugs and underlying cirrhosis. The most common cause of jaundice in pregnancy is viral h…
Ever since in 1856 when Michel reported the first case of hepatic cyst, much literature has been added on the solitary uncomplicated nonparacytic cystic disease of the liver. This distinct disease entity remains largely asymptomatic unless it presents by virtue of its size or complications. Intravenous pyelogram should be mandatory to rule out any associated renal pathology. Instead of resortin…