The SARS-CoV-2 virus as the cause of COVID-19 has been declared a pandemic since March 2020. The clinical signs of COVID-19 are heterogeneous, such as 20–51% of patients were accounted have at least one comorbidity, with diabetes melitus (10–20%), hypertension (10–15%) and other cardiovascular and cerebrovascular...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a malignant tumor found in the epithelium of colon and rectum. The incidence of CRC was in third ranks worldwide with 1,849,518 cases, which is 10.2% of all cancer diagnoses and second ranks as the cause of death due to cancer (881,000 deaths in 2018). This study aims to determine...

COVID-19 is a human-to-human infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus and defined as a pandemic since early 2020. Because of the high spreadability and severity, it results in high rates of morbidity and mortality associated with the disease. There are several sets of signs, symptoms, or clinical...

Gray patch type of tinea capitis is one of clinical manifestations of dermatophytosis in scalp and hair that usually occurs in tropical areas such as Lombok, mainly taking place in 6-month-old to 12-year-old children and could cause hair loss. The risk factors are direct contact with microorganisms from...

Cutaneous adverse drug reactions (CADR) are an unfavorable condition caused by drugs manifesting on the skin. Exanthemata’s drug eruption is the most common manifestation. The symptoms are itchy rash and burning sensation at the lesion and can occur along with fever and pain. The most common types of...

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a malignant tumour of nasopharyngeal epithelium that has a unique distribution pattern. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is not only geographically specific but also ethnically. Some ethnic groups tend to suffer NPC. Multifactorial interactions are presumed to be the cause of...

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NFC) is a malignancy that come from the nasopharyngeal epithelial cell which is that distribution has been affected by geographic and ethnicity. NFC is caused by multifactorial causes, one of the is Epstein Barr Nuclear Antigen-1 (EBNA-1). EBNA-1 affects some of the signalling...

In this article, I would like to describe researches that begin with a patient transferred to an emergency department of a local hospital in a rainy season. A patient transported after a car accident turned out to have Legionnaires’ disease (LD). Although the causal relationship is unknown, Legionella...

COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a family of coronaviruses, namely severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The fastest method to identify the presence of this virus is a rapid antibody or antigen test, but to confirm the positive status of a COVID-19 patient, further...

Earthquakes often caused severe fatalities to human beings, as the case of Aceh earthquake 2004, and Lombok earthquake 2018. For the case of Lombok shallow earthquakes 2018, the earthquakes of a magnitude 7.0 have destroyed almost 800 thousand homes, and caused the death of more than 500 people. The...

The long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a one type of severe cardiac arrhythmia syndrome that leading cause to unexpected cardiac death, characterized with impaired ventricular repolarization caused by hereditary disorder in sodium and potassium channels on cardiac myocyte and acquired caused by drugs or electrolyte...

Risk factors for transmission of HIV/AIDS are heterosexual (84.7%), Injection Drugs User (IDU) (5.7%), homosexual (4.7%), perinatal transmission (4.6%) and blood transfusion (0.1%). As the second-largest risk factor, IDU is a serious public health concern because of its high potential in transmitting...

Alzheimer Disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease. Currently, treatment for AD is limited to symptomatic treatment only, which are cholinesterase inhibitor and memantine. Acting as a symptomatic treatment, those drugs don’t act on the pathogenesis of AD. Tramiprosate is a small aminosulfate...

Health literacy is an important determinant in individual health and public health. However, evidence suggests that there are still disparities in health literacy levels between different socio-economic and education backgrounds. This study aims to look at level of education as a predictor for achieving...

An online survey was conducted for an international collaborative study from a remote area during the COVID-19 pandemic because the researchers needed to consider non-face-to-face methods of conducting an international collaborative study in situations in which social distance must be maintained. In...

Disturbances at an early stage, provide immediate intervention and prevent death. During PNC visits, mothers will also receive supplements such as folic acid and iron that help in preserving their healthy condition. This study aims to identify the association between PNC coverage and distribution of...

This study aimed to describe acute dysbaric disorder (ADD) in the hyperbaric center in Lombok during 2016-2020. All types of ADD diagnosis which attend to Diving Health and Hyperbaric center Mataram General Hospital (DHM) 2016-2020 were included in the study. Secondary data of Medical Record then analyzed:...

Adolescence is at risk for zinc deficiency due to their high acceleration of growth, with bone mineral deposition reaching 80-90% by the adolescent phase. In zinc deficiency, adjustments in zinc pools were made, including the release of zinc retention in bones. Severe zinc deficiency could lead to growth...

Pentalogy of Fallot is cyanotic type congenital heart disease that characterized with anatomical anomalies in Tetralogy of Fallot and atrial septum defect or patent foramen ovale. That condition makes cyanosis because of diminished oxygenated blood flow to the organs. Cerebrovascular accidents like embolic...

Abdominal pregnancy is a very rare and very dangerous type of ectopic pregnancy, this kind of pregnancy occurs in 1: 10.000 to 30.000 pregnancies (1,4% of all ectopic pregnancies). This kind of pregnancy is a challenge to diagnose and treat, especially in a developing country such as Indonesia. In this...

COVID-19 has led to a global emergency because of its infectivity to the general population, especially the vulnerable population, pregnant women. Changes in the immune system of pregnant women made them more vulnerable to developing adverse complications COVID-19. This study evaluates pregnant women...

Mucormycosis is one of the most common invasive fungal infections. Unlike other filamentous fungi, Mucorales additionally may be a frequently lethal infection in immunocompetence patient. We describe a 22-year-old male patient that presented wound of right lateral eye and right face, as well as pain...

The Incidence and prevalence of placenta accreta and placenta previa has increased due to the increasing numbers of cesarean deliveries. Placenta accreta is one of the most serious complications of pregnancy and is often associated with placenta previa and severe obstetric hemorrhage and one of an important...

Cartilage injury remains a major orthopedic challenge due to its low repair capacity, with the tendency to cause osteoarthritis. In addition, the treatment method involving platelet rich plasma (PRP) and platelet rich fibrin (PRF) as cartilage engineering components greatly anticipates promising recovery...

Malaria is an endemic that often occurs in the coastal areas of East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. One of the most common ways of spreading this parasite is through asymptomatic malaria. Therefore, mass blood surveys and active case detection are needed to identify parasitemia and eradicate malaria in...

Postpartum urinary retention (PUR) is a condition with a post-void residual volume of more than 150 mL. The incidence of PUR is not clear because of an undiagnosed asymptomatic condition. According to from literature incidence of PUR is about 0.05%-37%. Neglected PUR may result in anuria, hydronephrosis,...

Educational board games have been used as an alternative method for health promotion and education. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the Dengue Hero board game in improving children’s knowledge and attitudes regarding Dengue prevention compared to the conventional, lecture-based health...

The Indonesian version of the SF-36 Item Health Survey instrument measured quality of life in patients with chronic diseases. However, the validity and reliability of this instrument have not been tested in the post-heart attack patient population. This study aimed to assess the construct validity and...

Vaccination is one of the ways that countries around the world to manage the COVID-19. The effectiveness of a vaccine can be assessed from the degree of protective antibodies produced after the vaccination program. The purpose of this study was to determine the levels of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the...

The Coronavirus disease (Covid-19), was declared a pandemic as it spread globally. In Indonesia the initiatives on mitigation and slowing the spread of the disease focused on physical distancing efforts. Focusing in Mataram, the main region of the Island of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara Province. We analysed...

The Baccaurea racemosa was the plant that spread in the Southeast Asia. B. racemosa fruit had a sour taste, so that the economy of this plant was low. B. racemosa has almost been forgotten in people. If this plant bears fruit, the fruit is often neglected. If the fruit is sold, the price will be low...

The main problems faced by the COVID-19 pandemic are the high risk of transmission, the lack of fast and valid screening tools, and the length of the disease healing process it will indirectly affect the speed of transmission. This study aimed to assess the clinical correlation and laboratories of COVID-19...

The purpose of this study was to see the influence of the MSG administratsion to the estrogens levels, progesterone levels, and the quantity of infant on pregnant Wistar rats. The design of this study was experimental research with post test only control group design on 24 samples pregnant albino Wistar...

Metabolic syndrome should be considered an important issue in elderly individuals, as aging is a major contributor to the prevalence of the constellation of cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors that constitute the syndrome. However, recent studies that have investigated metabolic syndrome as a predictor...