?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badankebijakan.kemkes.go.id%2Frepositori%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1803%2F&rft.title=Tingkat+Kesembuhan+TB+Paru+pada+Anak+Balita+yang+Mendapat+Suplementasi+Vitamin+A+Dosis+Tinggi&rft.creator=Suwardi%2C+Susi+S.&rft.subject=WF+140-900+Diseases+of+the+Respiratory+System&rft.description=Background%3A+Tuberculosis+(TB)+is+the+most+common+cause+of+death+among+other+infection+disease.+It+is+recognized+that+tuberculosis+affects+various+age+groups%2C+including+underfive+children.+The+complete+and+fast+treatments+are+needed+to+reduce+the+prevalence+and+incidence+of+TB+in+the+communities.+Considering+the+role+of+vitamin+A+in+reducing+the+severety+of+infection%2C+supplementation+of+highdose+(200.000+IU)+vitamin+A+in+every+two+months+for+6+months+will+be+helpful+to+increase+recovery+rate+of+pulmonary+tuberculosis.+++++++Design%3A+This+study+was+conducted+at+the+hospital+in+Bogor+region.+Sample+size+was+66+children+of+underfive+years+old%2C+who+were+suffered+pulmonary+TB+according+to+Mantoux+test%2C+clinical+examination%2C+and+chest+x-ray+(CXR).+Physical+examination%2C+morbidity%2C+and+anthropometric+data+were+assessed+every+month.+Food+consumption+recall%2C+serum+vitamin+A+concentration%2C+hemoglobin+content%2C+hematocrit%2C+blood+sedimen+rate+(BSR)%2C+and+CXR+were+assessed+at+0+and+6+months.+The+children+were+randomly+assigned+to+either+vitamin+A-supplemented+(AS%2C+n%3D33)+group+or+vitamin+A-unsupplemented+(AUS%2C+n%3D37).+All+of+the+children+were+treated+by+isoniazide%2C+ethambutol+and+rifampicin.+The+recovery+rate+was+assessed+according+to+the+score+of+3+variabels%3A+nutrition+status%2C+BSR%2C+and+CXR.+++++++Results%3A+nutrition+status+and+hemoglobin+increased+significantly+in+both+groups+(p%3C0%2C05)+The+clinical+symptoms+subsided+and+BSR+decreased+in+both+groups%2C+but+was+not+significant+different+between+groups.+The+CXR+data+showed+there+were+improvement+in+84%2C5%25+of+AS+group+and+67%2C7%25+of+AUS+group.+There+were+scoring+improvement+of+the+recovery+rate+in+both+groups%2C+but+was+not+significant+different+between+groups.+++++++Conclusions%3A+There+was+significant+relation+between+vitamin+A+status+and+the+recovery+rate+of+pulmonary+tuberculosis%2C+but+was+not+significant+different+between+groups.&rft.publisher=Center+for+Research+and+Development+of+Nutrition+and+Food%2C+NIHRD&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.identifier=++Suwardi%2C+Susi+S.++(2002)+Tingkat+Kesembuhan+TB+Paru+pada+Anak+Balita+yang+Mendapat+Suplementasi+Vitamin+A+Dosis+Tinggi.++Project+Report.+Center+for+Research+and+Development+of+Nutrition+and+Food%2C+NIHRD.+++++