Introduction: Prevalence of asthma in children in Indonesia varies from 2.1% to 32.2% depends on location of the study and method of study (questionnaire vs bronchoprovocation testing). This study using the ISAAC (International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood) written questionnaire to measure asthma revalence in 13-14 years old students in Jakarta, Indonesia. Methods: The ISAAC ques…
A man aged 18 years were admitted to the hospital for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), which was triggered by a urinary tract infection. Previously, patients have been diagnosed with type-I diabetes mellitus (DM). Three years ago, for the first time patients was also admitted to the hospital with the same diagnosis. At this admission, he was considered to have honeymoon phase because even though he…
The insulin autoimmune syndrome ( !AS ) is characterized by the autoantibodies formation in patient without previous insulin usage. Patient affected by IAS usually developed hyperglycemia followed by hypoglycemia after meal due to association of insulin to its antibody and dissociation of insulin from insulin-insulin antibodies complexes. This study was carried out by evaluation of the changes …
Introduction: Asthma is a chronic inftammation disease, controlled asthma is a goal in management of asthma patients which essential as a parameter of successful therapy. To assessing controlled asthma the asthma control of patient accurately in a busy asthma clinic with limited time and resources is always a challenging to the clinician. Asthma Control Test (ACT) as a tool to assess of control…
Study objective: To investigate wheter combination of steroid (fiuticasone) and long acting 13, agonist (salmeterol) inhalation better than budesonide inhalation to control moderate persistent asthma by evaluation with Asthma Control Test and FEV, Design: Clinical trial with randomized pretest-postlest comparative group design ~ Se.tting: Moderate persistent asthma due to the GINA 2005 cr…
Introduction. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder. DM affects various organs of human body. Hyperglycaemic state can reduce lung function by decreasing elastin proteins and lung surfactans. Moreover, it can cause diffusion perfusion disorders. Haemoglobin A 1 c (HbA,ol describes previous 3 months of patient's glycaemic state. HbA" is a gold standard to determine controlled and uncont…
The probability forecast simulation of Rainy Season Onset and the Lenght of Season based on Indonesia SST, Nin034 SST, and IODM SST Anomalies as predictors, have been done over Seasonal Forecast Area (SFA) 126 Denpasar. This SFA was chosen as a case in relation to it's monsoonal rainfall pattern. In this SFA there were clearly different condition between Rainy and Dry Seasons. Basically the pea…
Gastroesophageal reflux diseases (GERD) close associated with any symptoms and airways disorders including chronic cough and asthma. The prevalence of GERD in asthma patients still unclear, approximately 34-89%. In many studies showed that approximately 55-82% asthma patients had GERD symptoms. Endoscopy finding from asthma patients showed that esophagitis prevalence is approximately 27-43%. Th…