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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2022): Bioscientia Medicina: Journal of Biomedicine & Translational Research
Articles
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Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in Adolescent
Views: 1,293Downloads: 951Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is defined as the abnormal bleeding from the uterine corpus in term of duration, volume, frequency and/or regularity. This condition occurs in 37% of adolescents and may affect the quality of life and increased hospitalization. Etiology is divided into structural and non-structural causes, known as PALM-COEIN. The most common etiology in adolescents is anovulatory menstruation due to immature hypothalamus-hypophysis axis. Diagnostic evaluation should include investigation in the etiology of AUB, anemia signs, and hemodynamic status. Treatment of AUB consists of hormonal and non-hormonal therapy. Therapy in adolescent is given based on the severity of bleeding, grading of anemia, and hemodynamic stability. Follow-up is required after therapy. Understanding AUB in adolescents can help clinicians deliver appropriate and comprehensive treatment. This review was aimed to explain about definition, epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding in adolescent.
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Preventive Effects of Phenolic Compound Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) on the Incidence of Hand Foot Syndrome Induced Capecitabine
Views: 882Downloads: 825Hand foot syndrome (HFS) is a reaction that occurs on the skin of the palms and soles. feet, caused by the toxicity of chemotherapy drugs with symptoms such as tingling, pain, erythema, dry skin, swelling, increased pigmentation and itching. This condition is still a problem in the treatment of patients given capecitabine. Although HFS does not cause death, in severe cases it can affect the quality of treatment and interfere with daily activities. The cause of HFS is still unclear but from research it is known that capecitabine and its metabolites will increase the expression of the COX-2 enzyme, inhibit the arachidonic pathway, increase PGE2 activity, causing inflammatory reactions in the form of erythema, edema and pain. The phenolic components contained in EVOO, namely oleocanthal and hydroxytyrosol compounds in several studies have the same properties as celecoxib and ibuprofen as anti-COX-2, will inhibit the arachidonic synthesis pathway, reduce prostaglandin activity and reduce inflammatory reactions.
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Control of HIF-1α Levels Potentially Promotes the Tissue Repair in Various Conditions Through Target Gene Expression
Views: 837Downloads: 616Hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is a transcription factor that plays an important role in maintaining oxygen balance at both the cellular and systemic levels, and is associated with various controls in the body. HIF-1 is a heterodimer of alpha and beta subunits. Alpha subunits are mostly dependent on oxygen levels in the body. In many cancers, excessive HIF-1α is thought to be involved in the promotion of tumor growth and metastasis. In addition, in the induction of systemic hypoxia, there is an increase of HIF-1α in the heart, brain, and even the kidneys as an adaptation response to hypoxia. Several studies regarding HIF-1a expression in traumatic brain injury, found that HIF-1a increased immediately after TBI, and decreased significantly after 24 hours. This can be used as a basis for further research on HIF-1a control as an effort to stop tissue damage or even help tissue repair.
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The Risk Factors Affecting Disability Level of Lumbar Disc Herniation
Views: 1,688Downloads: 2,730Background. Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a disorder that involves rupture of the annulus fibrosus so that the nucleus pulposus protrudes and compresses the lumbar canal. LDH is the most common cause of lumbar radiculopathy. LDH causes functional disorders in patients, causing disability to carry out daily activities. The purpose of this study was to determine the risk factors that influence the degree of disability in lumbar nucleus pulposus herniation.
Methods. Analytical research with a consecutive cross-sectional study approach in patients with lumbar LDH at the Neurology Outpatient Clinic, Dr. M. Djamil General Hospital Padang from March to November 2021. The risk factors assessed were age, gender, occupation, length of illness, and body mass index (BMI). The measurement of the degree of disability uses the Oswestry disability index (ODI) score. The relationship between risk factors and the degree of disability was analyzed using chi-square test. Differences in the mean age of groups with mild and moderate degrees of disability using unpaired t-test.
Results. 40 subjects met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Mean age 57 ± 10,976 years, male and female ratio 1:2, work with heavy lifting activities was found in 70% of subjects, duration of suffering from LDH more than one year in 60% of subjects. BMI overweight and obesity as many as 77.5% subjects. As many as 60% of the subjects experienced mild to moderate degrees of disability. There is a difference in the average age of the subjects with mild to moderate degree of disability with a severe degree of p-value of 0.044. There was no significant relationship between gender (p=0.054), occupation (p=0.398), length of illness (p=0.503) and body mass index (p=0.757), and the degree of disability.
Conclusion. The degree of disability in patients with LDH is influenced by age. Meanwhile, gender, occupation, length of illness and body mass index were not significantly related to the degree of disability in patients.
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A Case of Whistle as Foreign Body in Trachea
Views: 1,033Downloads: 2,417Background. Most of foreign body aspiration cases are found in children under the age of fifteen. Pediatric patients often presents with non-food foreign body aspiration, such as toys. The most common clinical manifestation are history of choking following foreign object insertion into the mouth (85%), paroxysmal cough (59%), wheezing (57%) and airway obstruction (5%).
Case presentation. Main principle of airway foreign body extraction is to do it immediately in the most optimal condition with slightest possible trauma. Rigid bronchoscopy is a suitable choice for tracheal foreign body extraction. We reported a case of seven years old male with tracheal foreign body presented with history of whistle ingestion five hours prior to admission. This patient was discharged from hospital after third days of rigid bronchoscopy procedure.
Conclusion. History of foreign body aspiration in children should be suspected as a tracheobronchial foreign body. Rigid bronchoscopy is preferred to extract foreign bodies present in the trachea. The prognosis for tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration is good if the foreign body is treated early and without complications.
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Differences in Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation between Diabetes Mellitus and Non-Diabetes Mellitus in Chronic Renal Failure Patients in Padang
Views: 745Downloads: 1,072Background: Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is the preferred vascular access for hemodialysis (HD). Several factors can affect AVF maturity, such as diabetes. This study aims to determine the differences in the maturation of arteriovenous fistulas between diabetes mellitus and non-diabetes mellitus in patients with chronic kidney failure in Padang.
Methods: This was a comparative cross-sectional study of patients with chronic kidney failure who underwent arteriovenous fistula surgery in Padang. The sampling technique in this study was consecutive sampling. The analysis was carried out using statistical analysis according to the existing data scale and using SPSS software.
Results: This study involved 46 patients with chronic kidney failure who underwent arteriovenous fistula surgery in Padang, of which 23 patients with diabetes mellitus and 23 patients with non-diabetes mellitus. The diameter of the arteriovenous fistula between diabetes mellitus and non-diabetes mellitus in patients with chronic renal failure had a significant difference (p<0.05). There was no significant difference in flow, depth, and maturation of arteriovenous fistulas in patients with diabetes mellitus and non-diabetes mellitus with chronic renal failure.
Conclusion: There is no difference in the maturation of arteriovenous fistula between patients with diabetes mellitus and non-diabetes mellitus
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Risk Factors of Catheter-Related Infection in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis Using Double Lumen Catheter at Dr. M. Djamil Hospital Padang
Views: 1,602Downloads: 1,531Background. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a terminal disease requiring hemodialysis. Hemodialysis requires vascular access using a double lumen catheter (DLC). However, the use of DLC may increase complications mainly infection, either infection of exit site or bloodstream. This study is aimed to seek risk factors contributing to the incidence of central catheter-related infections in CKD patients with DLC undergoing HD at Dr. M. Djamil Hospital, Padang.
Methods. This study is a prospective study on patients undergoing HD at Dr. M. Djamil Hospital, Padang. This study using consecutive sampling technique. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 25.0.
Results. This study involved 40 CKD patients undergoing HD. Majority of the samples had bloodstream infections (67.5%). Clinical manifestations of purulent secretion, duration of catheter used, and hypoalbuminemia had significant differences in the incidence of DLC infection based on bloodstream infection and exit site infection (p<0.05). The most common bacterial found was Pseudomonas aeruginosa (22.5%) which was sensitive to ceftazidime, cefepime, meropenem, amikacin, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin.
Conclusion. Factors contributing to the incidence of DLC-related infections at Dr. M. Djamil Hospital are duration of catheter use and hypoalbuminemia. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most common cause of DLC-related infections.
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Programmed Death-Ligand 1 Protein and Colorectal Cancer Patient Survival Rates in Hasan Sadikin Hospital Bandung
Views: 660Downloads: 488Background: According to the American Cancer Society, Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is the third leading cause of cancer death in men and women in the United States. In Indonesia, CRC ranks as the third most common malignancy in both men and women. Programmed death-ligand 1(PD-L1) is a trans-membrane receptor ligand and negative regulatory signal for T cells that is elevated in several tumors including CRC and binds to programmed death 1 (PD-1) on T cells, B cells, dendritic cells and natural killer T cells. PD-L1 expression was found in tumor cells and tumor cells that infiltrate immune cells in several malignancies, including CRC.
Methods: This study is a comparative analytic cross sectional study with consecutive sampling method. This study was conducted at Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung from September to October 2021. Further statistical analysis was done SPSS version 25.0 for Windows (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Ill., USA).
Results: The total sample in this study was 50 subjects with colorectal cancer patients at RSHS. The number of CRC patients who expressed PD-L1 were 23 (46%) and 27 subjects (54%). The majority of cancer patient survival 2 Years was 38 subjects (76.0%) and survivors of more than 2 years was 12 subjects (24.0%).
Conclusion: There is no significant relationship between PD-L1 and survival rates in CRC patients.
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Understanding Anorexia and Eating Capability of Older Adults in Attempt to Prevent Malnutrition
Views: 1,060Downloads: 1,313Because of the rise of life expectancy, the older adults are now a big part of world’s population. In United States, prevalence of adults aged more than 65 years old increased from 36.6 million in 2005 to 47.8 million in 2015. In Indonesia, percentage of older adults increased two-fold from 1971 – 2019 as much as 9,6% or more than 25 million people. Along with this aging population, eating problems and malnutrition are getting more frequent. Aging causes several changes and degradation of body function which physiologically lead to anorexia and eating difficulty in older adults. Moreover, the other age-related factors such as social factor, economic factor, psychological factor, diseases and polypharmacy also have significant impact on food intake in older adults. Prevalence of inadequate energy intake and malnutrition in older adults are increasing, which lead them to become susceptible to acute and chronic diseases or worsening of their disease, increase hospitalization, and increase mortality rate. Even so, the signs of malnutrition of older adults are often late to be recognized, whereas the recovery of malnutrition in older adults is much more complicating than in younger adults. This review discusses about problems encountered by older adults that decrease their intake and cause malnutrition, to help clinicians recognize the cause of malnutrition in older adults earlier.
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Herbal Medication of Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis: A Narrative Review
Views: 2,698Downloads: 2,148A mouth ulcer or recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is a mouth mucous tissue inflammation. This disease mainly occurs in patients 10-40 years of age, preferably in women and high socioeconomic backgrounds. The cause of mouth ulcers or RAS could be trauma, infection, digestive problems, or blood disorders. Herbal practitioners widely use herbs, folks, and society to treat various diseases. This research aimed to describe the herbal treatment for RAS. The review results show there are nine plants with the ability to cure RAS, they are Persea americana Mill., Averrhoa bilimbi L., Abrus precatorius Linn., Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze., Psidium guajava L., Kaempferia galanga Linn., Aloe vera, Curcuma longa and Citrus hystrix DC. The most parameters used in the studies are clinical trials and in vitro tests.
