Many reports showed that hypophosphatemia is prevalent in patients of lung disease with respiratory failure. Correction for hypophosphatemia may improve respiratory capacity, hence, morbidity and mortality. Serum phosphate levels may reflect intracellular phosphate pool. A decrease in intracellular phosphate may implicate muscular adenosine tri-phosphate (ATP) and red blood cell 2.3 di-phosphog…
A retrospective study was conducted to investigate a metastical view of lung tumor patients at the Department of Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia/Persahabatan Hospital, Jakarta. Subjects were the patients whom hospitalized from 1984 till 1988 and in 1991. They were 70 cases, consisted of 44 females (61.1 percent) and 26 males (37 percent). The youngest was 14 years old a…
Sitology sputum examination had been done by issuing directly and inhalation on 50 patients who is consisting of 44 men (88 percent) and 6 women (12percent) toward patients who had hospitalization in Pulmonary Department Persahabatan General Hospital, ranging from February 1994 to June 1994 from sitology sputum examination can be obtained direct issue cought 16 percent which was positive and on…