Occupational lung diseases are caused or made worse by exposure to harmful substances in the work-place. “Pneumoconiosis” is the term used for the diseases associated with inhalation of mineral dusts. While many of these broadspectrum substances may be encountered in the general environment, many occur in the work-place for greater amounts as a result of industrial processes; therefore, a r…
Laryngeal trauma is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening injury. Estimates of occurrence range from 1 in 5000 emergency department visits to 1 in 137,000 hospital admissions. The signs and symptoms are variable, and severe injuries may initially appear innocuous. The airway must always be thoroughly evaluated.
Tuberkulosis (TB) adalah penyakit infeksi menular yang disebabkan oleh Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) yang menyerang paru-paru dan berbagai organ. Manifestasi ekstraparu yang paling sering adalah limfadenitis TB yang merupakan proses peradangan pada kelenjar getah bening akibat aktivitas MTBC. Beberapa faktor yang menyebabkan tuberkulosis ekstraparu antara lain faktor sosiodemografis…
AbstrakFine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) sebagai alat diagnostik pembesaran kelenjar limfe telah membantu klinisi untuk menegakkan diagnosis TB anak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat gambaran klinis, uji tuberkulin dan foto Rontgen thorak pasien yang didiagnosis limfadenitis TB secara FNAB. Penelitian deskriptif ini dilakukan secara retrospektif dari rekam medis anak dengan FNAB kelenj…
MTB ranks as the first worldwide pathogen latently infecting one third of the population and the second leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, after the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The development of vigorous and apparently appropriate immune response upon infection with M. tuberculosis in humans and experimental animals conflict with failure to eradicate the pathogen it…
Tuberkulosis (TB) adalah suatu penyakit infeksi menular yang disebabkan oleh Mycobacterium tuberkulosis yang dapat menyerang berbagai organ terutama paru-paru. Penyakit ini bila tidak diobati atau pengobatannya tidak tuntas dapat menimbulkan komplikasi berbahaya hingga kematian. TB diperkirakan sudah ada di dunia sejak 5000 tahun sebelum masehi, namun kemajuan dalam penemuan dan pengendalian pe…
To investigate whether acupuncture is a) more effective than no prophylactic treatment/routine care only; b) more effective than ‘sham’ (placebo) acupuncture; and c) as effective as other interventions in reducing headache frequency in adults with episodic or chronic tension-type headache.
To investigate whether acupuncture is a) more effective than no prophylactic treatment/routine care only; b) more effective than sham (placebo) acupuncture; and c) as effective as prophylactic treatment with drugs in reducing headache frequency in adults with episodic migraine.
Hip osteoarthritis (OA) is a major cause of pain and functional limitation. Few hip OA treatments have been evaluated for safety and effectiveness. Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medical therapy which aims to treat disease by inserting very thin needles at specific points on the body
Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) has been defined as the rate of fetal growth that is below normal in light of the growth potential of a specific infant as per the race and gender of the fetus. It has also been described as a deviation from or a reduction in an expected fetal growth pattern and is usually the result of innate reduced growth potential or because of multiple adverse effec…