To evaluate the outcome of pediatric patients treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) performed by experienced pediatric urologists. Material & Method: A retrospective study of children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) by peritoneal dialysis (PD) in Division of Nephrology Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine Airlangga University, Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya, f…
The limited availability of medicinal plants as well as their limitations in cultivation as a source of medicinal compounds can lead to excessive harvesting, habitat destruction and destructive exploration. This led to the extinction of rare plants and caused the condition of natural resources worse. The purpose of this study is to elucidate the potential of bioreactor in terms of its ability t…
Background: The foremost problems of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) management are high loco-regional remission, local recurrence and spreading rate post therapy. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been done for treatment of tumors less than 1 cm in size and depth in a very diffzcult location, where radical excision by surgery was not possible. The aim of th is study is determining 5-year-overall s…
Aging is a natural process in which the elderly often experience phys ical and psychological deterioration, reduced income due to retirement and the loneliness caused by abandoned by a spouse.family or peers. These problems are caused anxiety for the elderly. When anxiety occurs constantly, it will have an impact on quality of life of elderly. Based on the various ways done to reduce the level …
Prescription is usually the last step on patient-doctor consultation setting. Prescription writing must fulfill a rational prescription's writing criteria. A rational prescription starts with collecting patients' data through anamnesis, physical and laboratory examinations, and other additional assessments. Afterwards, the doctor will construct a hypothesis or working diagnosis which guides him…
Reminiscence 'Therapy Improve Self-Esteem Elderly'In Tresna Bakti Werdha Institution. The increasing elderly population may contribute to negative if not well anticipated given the degenerative factor-iin the Elderli Government and public attention is still focused on improving the physical and psychological aspects of neglect, such as low self esteem. One nursing therapy is a simple, inexpensi…
Background The incidence of childhood acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) had increased for years, but the success of therapy is still low. Objective To analyze overall survivel (OS) and prognostic factors of AML in Dr. Sardjito General Hospital from January 2004 -December 2008. Methods Patients aged less than 15 years and newly diagnosed as AML included in this study. The prognostic factors suc…
Abstract Objective: To assess whether VEGF-C expression can predict the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and pelvic lymphnode metastases in bulky cevical cancer.Methods: Seventeen cervical cancer stage IB2 and IIA2 cases during the period of July 2009 until June 2010 were collected consecutively and given neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) PVB prior radical surgery. Response to treatment was ev…
Abstract Objective: To assess the effect of Paclitaxel-Carboplatin combination on epithelial ovarian cancer by studying the changes in VEGF serum levels after receiving 3 series of chemotherapy.Methods: This was a cohort study conducted at several teaching hospitals in Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of the Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University from April 2011 to March 2012. The subje…