Health is a basic need that supports people’s daily activities and productivity. Hospitals, as referral health care facilities, are required to provide high-quality services in line with the implementation of the National Health Insurance (JKN) program through BPJS Kesehatan. Various problems such as limited health personnel, service time, attitudes of medical staff, and the quality of facili…
Latar Belakang: Stomatitis Aftosa Rekuren (SAR) merupakan sariawan berulang tanpa penyakit sistemik yang dapat mengganggu kualitas hidup, terutama pada mahasiswa. Salah satu faktor predisposisinya adalah pola makan yang tidak seimbang yang dapat menyebabkan defisiensi nutrisi dan menurunkan imunitas. Tujuan: “Mengetahui hubungan antara rekurensi SAR dengan jenis, jumlah, dan frekuensi pola ma…
Klebsiella pneumoniae is a Gram-negative bacterium that can cause various infectious diseases, including pneumonia. Throughout its history, this bacterium has developed resistance to antibiotics. K. pneumoniae exhibits various resistance strategies, including enzymatic modification, gene mutations, and increased efflux pumps. The increasing prevalence of resistance each year has become a key fa…
Free radicals are molecules with unpaired electrons that can cause tissue damage through oxidative stress, accelerate aging, and trigger various diseases, including cancer. Antioxidants play an important role in warding off free radicals. Purple sweet potato leaves (Ipomoea batatas L.) are known to contain active compounds such as polyphenols, flavonoids, tannins and triterpenoids which have hi…
Background: Malocclusion is commonly encountered conditions, with the global prevalence reaching 56% and up to 80% in Indonesia. One of the most frequent types of malocclusion is dental crowding. Moderate to severe dental crowding often requires premolar extraction to provide adequate space during fixed orthodontic treatment. Premolar extraction is a widely used strategy to improve dental align…
Xerostomia was closely associated with hyposalivation, which had negative impacts on oral health and led to a decreased quality of life in patients; therefore, it was necessary to increase the salivary flow rate. Gambir contained catechins and tannins, which were reported to be able to increase salivary flow rate.Objective: To determine the effect of gargling gambir solution on salivary flow ra…
Background: Tooth extraction is the most frequently performed treatment in dentistry, with a rate reaching 7.9%. The impact of tooth extraction is alveolar bone resorption, so alternative treatments are needed that can accelerate alveolar bone regeneration with natural ingredients, namely catfish collagen. Objective: To determine the benefits and effects of administering catfish collagen on the…
Porphyromonas gingivalis is the main anaerobic bacterium responsible for gingivitis and periodontitis. The use of natural ingredients such as pineapple (Ananas comosus) and stevia has potential as antibacterial agents capable of inhibiting and even killing Porphyromonas gingivalis, and can be developed into products in the form of jelly candy. This study aimed to determine the antibacterial act…
Background: Food allergy is one of the most common health problems in children, with prevalence increasing annually. However, many parents often misinterpret their children's symptoms as food allergies, even though food may not necessarily be the cause. Given the rising incidence of food allergies and the misunderstanding among parents, this study aims to determine the prevalence of food allerg…
Background: Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) patients are in critical condition, requiring a clear understanding of admission indications, treatment priorities, and patient outcomes. Mapping these profiles is important to describe case patterns in the PICU at Dr. Mohammad Hoesin General Hospital in Palembang and to serve as a basis for evaluating and improving service quality. Objective: To…
Background: Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy remain one of the leading causes of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality worldwide. These conditions may result in serious complications such as preeclampsia, eclampsia, and fetal growth restriction. Calcium requirements increase significantly during the third trimester to support fetal bone mineralization, while calcium deficiency has been …
Background. Breast lymphoma is a blood malignancy that can be seen as a primary tumor (primary breast lymphoma/PBL) or a secondary manifestation of lymphoma that arises from different parts of the body. Although it is rarer than breast cancer (BC), it has a worse prognosis than BC. This study aims to determine the number of cases and distribution of characteristics of breast lymphoma at Dr. Moh…
Background: Free radicals are reactive compounds that can cause oxidative stress and are related to diseases in the oral cavity, such as periodontitis. Semendo arabica coffee is rich of tannins, flavonoids, and polyphenol compounds that can neutralize free radicals. Semendo arabica coffee extract was reported to have antioxidant activity, therefore in this study it was developed into a jelly ca…
Background: Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic contagious infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is a public health problem that has become a global challenge. Non-adherence to treatment is one of the biggest obstacles in treating TB in the world, and is the factor that contributes most to treatment failure. The aim of this research is to determine the level of educa…
Latar belakang: Angular Cheilitis merupakan suatu keadaan inflamasi akut atau kronik yang dapat terjadi di sekitar sudut mulut dan meluas ke kulit ditandai adanya kemerahan, retakan, rasa nyeri, dan tanda lainnya. Keadaan ini lebih sering terjadi pada anak – anak terutama pada anak panti asuhan yang disebabkan oleh berbagai faktor penyebab seperti defisiensi nutrisi terutama pada kondisi keku…
Background: Heat-cured acrylic resin is one of the commonly used dental materials for the manufacture of denture bases. Color stability in acrylic resins is one of the most important clinical signs of aging or material deterioration after a long period of use, which can affect aesthetics. Factors that can affect the color stability of heat-cured acrylic resin includes acidic foods/beverages. Pe…
Introduction: Neonatal sepsis is a clinical syndrome of systemic disease accompanied by bacteremia in infants within the first month of life. Neonatal sepsis is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality, both in full-term and premature infants. Cases of neonatal sepsis in Indonesia are quite high, including in high-risk groups such as male infants. The purpose of this study was to deter…
Background: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a heart disorder characterized by the sudden decrease of blood supply to the heart due to the narrowing of the coronary blood vessels. Acute coronary syndrome is based on risk factors such as age, gender, and lifestye. An abnormal lipid profile due to an unhealthy lifestyle is also one of the risk factors of acute coronary syndrome. This study aims t…
Background: Short-term memory is a chemical process between neurons in processing and storing information in a small and short duration. Memorizing the Qur'an can induce neuroplasticity through the Long-term Potentiation (LTP) mechanism, thus strengthening synaptic connections that will implement in increasing memory acuity and brain intelligence. This study aims to determine relationship betwe…
Latar belakang: Resin komposit packable konvensional memiliki kandungan filler yang tinggi dengan kekuatan fleksural yang tinggi. Namun, resin komposit packable memiliki viskositas yang tinggi sehingga sulit mengisi kavitas yang kecil. Highly filled flowable composite merupakan generasi baru dari resin komposit flowable dengan kandungan filler yang lebih tinggi sehingga tidak hanya digunakan un…
Background: Sexual harassment is a serious and widespread human rights violation, encompassing physical, verbal, or psychological acts without the victim's consent, occurring in various contexts such as households, workplaces, and educational institutions. Its impact is severe, including depression and decreased quality of life. Among students, cases of sexual harassment continue to increase, e…
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the world, with a total of 569,847 cases and 311,365 deaths in 2018. Cervical cancer ranks as the second-highest cause of death in women . This study aims to determine the prevalence , age distribution , and distribution of histopathology subtypes based on the World Health Organization 2014 classification , the location of metastasis, the rela…
Background: The eyelids in humans have a vital role in protecting the eyes from the external environment and foreign objects. The skin of the eyelids is not only the thinnest skin of the body but also the part that is often exposed to sunlight, in addition the eyelids are also the most sensitive part of the body, making it possible to contract benign or malignant tumors. This study purpose is t…
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is a clinical syndrome of sudden decrease in glomerular filtration rate. Several risk factors for pediatric GgGA include sociodemographics, congenital diseases, and renal replacement therapy (RRT). GgGA is often found in hospitalized sick children and is at high risk of death. This study used analytic research with a cross sectional approach. Subjects were taken using …
Background: Gastric malignant tumors are the sixth most common malignancy in the world and the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the world. Approximately 90% of gastric malignant tumor cases originate from the epithelium, namely adenocarcinoma. The etiology and main risk factors for gastric malignant tumors are caused by Helicobacter pylori infection. Symptoms of gastric malignant tumors …
Obesity is a condition characterized by excess body fat, leading to various health issues, including histological changes in organs such as the spleen (lien). This study aims to compare the histological features of the spleen in an obesity mouse model treated with Moringa oleifera leaf extract to investigate its potential effects on obesity-induced histological alterations. This experimental st…
Obesitas merupakan masalah kesehatan global yang berkaitan dengan inflamasi sistemik, termasuk inflamasi lobular pada hati yang memicu perkembangan Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). Ekstrak daun kelor (Moringa oleifera) dikenal memiliki efek antioksidan dan antiinflamasi yang potensial untuk menurunkan inflamasi tersebut. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain deskriptif observasional denga…
Low Birth Weight (LBW) is a leading cause of infant mortality and is associated with various long-term complications, such as growth and developmental disorders. Maternal characteristics and behaviors during pregnancy are believed to influence the incidence of LBW. This study aims to explore this relationship. A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted involving 55 mothers who delivered b…
Latar belakang: Candida albicans merupakan jamur yang dapat menyebabkan kandidiasis psuodomembran atau oral trush, yang apabila tidak dirawat dapat menyebar ke aliran darah dan menyebabkan sepsis dan syok sepsis. Menyikat gigi dengan pasta gigi dapat mengontrol plak secara kimiawi. Kombinasi fluoride dan ekstrak gambir terbukti dapat menghambat pertumbuhan C. albicans, kombinasi kedua bahan ter…
Latar belakang: Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans adalah bakteri gram negatif yang paling sering ditemukan pada periodontitis. Daun sirih merah sebagai bahan alami dilaporkan memiliki kandungan senyawa berupa flavonoid, alkaloid, tanin, saponin dan minyak atsiri yang terbukti memiliki efek antibakteri. Tujuan: Mengetahui ada atau tidaknya aktivitas antibakteri ekstrak daun sirih merah (Pipe…