Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian eksperimental dengan rancangan one-group pre-test post-test design menggunakan 29 responden yang diperoleh dengan cara purposive sampling. Responden mengisi kuesioner. Kemudian dilakukan pemotretan keadaan tumit pecah-pecah sebelum pemakaian Virgin Coconut Oil. Lalu responden diberi produk penelitian yang dioleskan pada tumit pecah-pecah dua kali sehari selam…
Chronic kidney failure is a public health problem in the world. Chronic kidney failure could cause clinical symptoms in various body systems. This study aimed to examine virgin coconut oil (VCO) effect on skin moisture among uremic patients undergoing hemodialysis. We applied the quasi-experimental research, pre-test, and post-test with a non-equivalent control group. The study was conducted a…
After reviewing this chapter, the reader will be able to: List key considerations for specimen collection for microbiology testing. Discuss the advantages and limitations of automation in the clinical microbiology laboratory. Describe the evolution of microorganism identification methods. Discuss the benefits and limitations of molecular microbiology point-of-care testing. Summar…
Respiratory viral infections are associated with a wide range of acute syndromes and infectious disease processes in children and adults worldwide. Many viruses are implicated in these infections, and these viruses are spread largely via respiratory means between humans but also occasionally from animals to humans.
Rapid growth and expansion of plastic surgery in general and aesthetic surgery in particular in the past decade has brought in its wake some confusions particularly raising questions for the surgeons conduct towards his colleagues and the patients in the light of ethical requirements. Some thoughts from eminent thinkers form a backdrop to consideration of theories of medical ethics. In this art…
In recent years there has been an exponential increase of fillers use in aesthetic medicine. The popularity of this anti-wrinkle product is based on their capacity to offer significant improvement in the aesthetic field, particularly to skin rejuvenating processes with non-invasive and less expensive techniques, if compared to the surgical methods (i.e. surgical) lifting).
Stomatitis aftosa rekuren (SAR) adalah kondisi ulseratif pada mukosa oral tanpa adanya kelainan lain. Karakteristik SAR adalah ulserasi bulat, dangkal, rekuren yang dikelilingi oleh inflamasi dan terutama melibatkan mukosa nonkeratinisasi. Klasifikasi SAR adalah minor, mayor, dan herpetiformis. Infeksi sekunder jarang terjadi. Perawatan ditujukan untuk menghindari trauma lokal, mengurangi rasa …
Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is a recurrent painful ulcerative disorder that commonly affects the oral mucosa. Local and systemic factors such as trauma, food sensitivity, nutritional deficiencies, systemic conditions, immunological disorders and genetic polymorphisms are associated with the development of the disease. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a gram-negative, microaerophile ba…
Minor Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis (RAS) represents a disease which is very difficult to prevent. This case-control study focused on possible associations between minor Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis in children, their oral health, and underlying behavioral indexes of children’s attitudes and habits pertaining to (home) oral hygiene, with the further goal of enabling the dentist to prevent th…
growing number of studies are showing positive effects of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in the caudal zona incerta (cZi) in various tremor disorders, as well as motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD). The focus of the present study was to evaluate short- and long-term cognitive effects of bilateral cZi DBS in patients with PD.