ABSTRACT Background: Patients visit emergency department (ED) with varying diagnosis and severity spectrums. Simple Model Score (SAS) utilizes age and laboratory data to stratify the risk of ED patients and predict their mortally. SMS proves to perform well but its application on population with different characteristics has to be validated. Objective: To evaluate the calibration and disc…
ABSTRACT Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COP!)) exacerbation contributes to the severhy and progression ofCOP!). ills necesstoy to study on the factors associated with exacerbation of COP!) in Indonesia. Objective: To determine the prevalence of COP!) evacerbations in Cipto Man gunkusumo Hospital (Chill). Jakarta during 2010 until 2012 and to identifyfactors associated with…
ABSTRACT Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global public health problem. responsible for more than 1 million deaths each year. The association between TB and malnutrition is well recognized. Malnutrition is common in pulmonary TO patients, especially those who are hospitalized, and may adversely affect treatment outcomes however, data from Indonesia are sparse, despite high burde…