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Chronic hepatitis B is an infectious liver disease caused by hepatitis B virus that persist for more than 6 months. Fibrosis is a result of fibrogenesis which is the formation of connective tissue (scarring) caused by liver tissue damage. Liver damage will affect the production of thrombopoetin causing disturbances in the balance between destruction and production of platelet resulting in decreased platelet counts. This study was a retrospective cross-sectional study by taking the data from medical records of chronic hepatitis B patients who were tested for complete blood count and fibroScan at the Dr.Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital Makassar from January 2014 to July 2016. The result showed a total of 323 chronic B hepatitis patients, 99 with severe fibrosis, 84 with moderate fibrosis and 140 with mild fibrosis. The Spearman correlation test showed a significant correlation between the platelet count and the degree of fibrosis (p

Perdarahan saluran cerna merupakan keluhan pasien yang sering dijumpai dalam keseharian dan untuk penatalaksaannyadilakukan dengan menentukan lokasi perdarahan dan gejalanya. Berdasarkan lokasi perdarahan saluran cerna dibagi menjadi duayaitu perdarahan saluran cerna atas (SCBA) dan perdarahan saluran cerna bawah (SCBB), sedangkan gejala perdarahan dibagi menjadi3 yaitu hematemesis (muntah darah segar), melena (feses kehitaman) dan hematokezia (perdarahan lewat anus berwarna merah terang).Data penggunaan rasio BUN/kreatinin untuk menentukan lokasi perdarahan saluran cerna di Indonesia masih kurang sehingga penelititertarik untuk meneliti analisis rasio BUN/kreatinin untuk meramalkan lokasi perdarahan pada saluran cerna dengan tujuan untukdiagnosis dan penatalaksanaan yang lebih cepat. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk meramalkan letak perdarahan saluran cerna yaituSCBA atau SCBB pada pasien rawat inap di RSUP Wahidin Sudirohusodo masa waktu Januari-Desember 2014. Penelitian dilakukansecara potong silang dengan menggunakan uji t-tidak berpasangan untuk menentukan kenasaban rasio BUN/Kreatinin dengan lokasiperdarahan saluran cerna. Selama masa waktu Januari-Desember 2014 diperoleh data sebanyak 144 pasien perdarahan saluran cernadengan perdarahan SCBA sebanyak 64 pasien (44%), serta perdarahan SCBB 80 pasien (56%). Pada perdarahan SCBA, nilai rerataBUN 33,2 mg/dL, nilai rerata kreatinin 1,06 mg/dL, dan rerata rasio BUN/Kreatinin 32. Terdapat kenasaban yang bermakna antaralokasi perdarahan saluran cerna dan nilai rasio BUN/kreatinin (t=6,394; p=0,001). Pasien dengan perdarahan saluran cerna bagianatas memiliki rasio BUN/kreatinin lebih tinggi dibandingkan dengan pasien dengan perdarahan saluran cerna bagian bawah.

Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disease, characterized by decreased of bone mass density. Its incidence is higher in older population.Serum osteocalcin level is related to the rate of bone turnover. To analyze serum osteocalcin level on osteopenic and osteoporosis subjects.We examined 61 subjects for detecting osteopenia and osteoporosis by Sahara densitometer and measuring serum osteocalcin level byElecsys N-MID Osteocalsin Assay test. Of 21 men and 40 women, prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis were higher in women(57.5% and 32.5%) than men (42.9% and 23.8%). Most of osteoporosis subjects were in ≥ 60 years group and osteopenic subjects werein 50–59 years group (p

Chronic Hepatitis B involves liver parenchymal destruction leading to fibrosis. Decreased serum thrombopoietin associated with liver cell failure is thought as the leading cause of thrombocytopenia. Mean Platelet Volume (MPV) and Platelet Distribution Width (PDW) describe platelet size and degree of variation in platelet size respectively. The researchers intended to investigate whether platelet count, MPV, and PDW were variables to determine the severity of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B patients. An observational study was carried out at the Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital Makassar from January 2015 until December 2016. A total of 100 chronic hepatitis B patients with negative HBeAg who underwent Fibroscan and complete blood count test were included in this study. A total of 100 chronic hepatitis B patients comprising, 11 with severe liver fibrosis, 16 with moderate liver fibrosis, 46 with mild liver fibrosis, and 27 with normal liver. There were significant differences in platelet count and MPV among liver fibrosis groups with p-value

Breast cancer is one of the malignancies with unknown exact aetiology. The management of breast cancer can be done by severalways including it's related chemotherapy. This therapy leads to cancer cells damage as well as healthy liver cells. Aspartate transaminase(AST) and Alanine transaminase (ALT) are the sensitive parameters to evaluate hepatocellular damage, the levels will raise rapidly inliver cells injury. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of chemotherapy in the activity of liver transaminase enzymes ofbreast cancer patients. A cross-sectional study was conducted by taking data from Medical Records of breast cancer patients who receivedchemotherapy at the Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital Makassar during the period of May 2008–May 2009. The data were analyzedstatistically by t-Test using SPSS software for Windows version 11.5. From 71 evaluated samples, the level of the liver transaminaseenzymes in all grades of cancer did not show a significant change (p>0.05). Chemotherapy of breast cancer patients does not increasethe activity of transaminase enzymes. In this study, the level of AST and ALT in chemotherapy patients can not predict the liver functiondisorder.

The role of electrolytes in the human body is very important. Almost all metabolic processes are affected by electrolytes. The accuracyof examination results depend on the management in pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical processes. The management ofspecimen is one of the essential factors in pre-analytical process that may influence the accuracy of laboratory results. This study haspurposed to observe the influence of time-interval variation at the examination of Na, K, and Cl serum concentration. A cross-sectionalstudy was conducted on 30 outpatient's serum samples who visited the Clinical Pathology Laboratory of Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodohospital in Makassar during July to August 2007. The Na, K, and Cl serum samples were examined immediately, 1 hour-delayed, and2 hours-delayed. Data were analyzed using paired T test in SPSS version 11.5. In this study we found that there was no significantdifference for Na and Cl between immediate and delayed samples, similarly showed for K between immediate and 1 hour-delayed (p >0.05). A significant different for K between immediate and 2 hours delayed, and between the first hour and the second hour delayedsamples (p < 0.05). From this study we could conclude that delayed samples more than 2 hours had no influence for Na and Clexamination result. Delayed samples more than 2 hours for K had influence for the examination result.

Burn injury is a kind of trauma with the high mortality and morbidity rate that needs special treatment since the very first phaseup to the end. this study targeted medium to severe burns, limited to liver complications. the objective of this study is to calculate andobserve the difference Sgot, SgPt activities in medium and severe burns. the Methods of this study was Cross Sectional, we conductedon 42 subjects with medium to severe burns, Hospitalised during the period of June 2005 to May 2007 at DR.Wahidin Sudirohusodohospital of Makassar. the data were calculated and statistically analysed using the SPSS V.11.5. We obtained of 12 (28.6%) mediumburn injuries and 30 (71.4%) severe burn injuries. In medium burn subjects the got showed normal activities in 6 subjects (50%) andhigh activities in 6 subjects (50%), the gPt showed normal activities in 8 subjects (66,7%) and high activities in 4 subjects (33.3%).In severe burn subjects the got showed normal activities in 6 subjects (20%) and high activities in 24 subjects (80%), the gPt showednormal activities in 13 subjects (43.3%) and high activities in 17 subjects (56.7%). there was no significant difference in the increasingactivities of Sgot and SgPt in either medium or severe burns, where p > 0.05. Increased activities of SgPt and Sgot was higher insevere burns than in medium ones. It was also obtained that increasing Sgot activities was found more often than SgPt in patientswith either medium or severe burns.

Chronically Kidney Disease (CKD) is still a health problem with a high incidence, complex aetiology, and often without complaintsor clinical symptoms except in the terminal stadium. To know the distribution of CKD according to age, sex group, aetiology, determiningstage of CKD based on creatinine clearance value, a retrospective study was conducted on 88 patients of CKD at Wahidin SudirohusodoPublic Hospital of Makassar from January to December 2004. The diagnosis of CKD was based on serum ureum value (ModifiedBarthelot), serum creatinine value (Jaffe) and creatinine clearance value (Cockroft Gault). Chronically Kidney Disease was found morefrequent in men 59.09% (52 of 88). The peak age prevalence was between 50 to less than < 60 years 29.55%. The eldest patient was 83years while the youngest was 16 years. The most fragment aetiology of CKD was hypertension 18.18% (16 of 88). Based on creatinineclearance values the medium group, severe group, and renal failure group were the age group respectively 3.41%, 19.32% and 77.27%.The prevalence of CKD is found more frequent in 50 less than 60 years of age. Hypertension seems to be the more predominant aetiology,and staging based on creatinine clearance value showed that most patients were in the renal failure group.

Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) tends to increasing worldwide. The main cause of death in type 2 DM is coronaryheart disease (CHD) and its mortality rate can increase 2 to 4 times compared to non-diabetics. One of the risk factors in CHD isdyslipidemia. To know the lipid profile based on age and gender and to assess the relation of total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and TG levelto age. Descriptive retrospective study in patients with type 2 DM who are 45 years old and over. From 100 Type 2 DM patients, in theDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital, Makassar, period of June to December 2005, the largest age groupwith dyslipidemia was > 59 years old, with increase LDL level, 32.73% in males and 46.67% in females. There was a significant relationbetween the in crease of TG (p = 0.03) and the decrease of HDL (p = 0.02) with age. Dyslipidemia in type 2 DM patients at age group> 59 years old was shown by an increase in LDL level. The increase of TG and decrease of HDL level were significant in all age groups.Restriction of this study was not to check the antilipidemic medicine used. Early dyslipidemia of Type 2 DM should be known by lipidfraction determination and further dyslipidemia study should be conducted to predict the risk of CHD.

Acute appendicitis is one of the acute abdominal conditions encountered in almost all hospitals in Indonesia. Acute inflammation of the appendix requiring immediate surgery to prevent complications, so it should takes several particular checking's to support the diagnosis quickly. These are leukocytes count, especially neutrophils and lymphocytes as the sensitive marker of the inflammatory process which belong to the simple laboratory examination and can be used as a diagnostic marker of acute appendicitis as well. The inflammatory immune response can be described of the percentage of neutrophils to the lymphocytes ratio in the circulation. A retrospective study was performed on patients whom suspected for acute appendicitis those undergoing appendectomy from January 2010−May 2011. The data were grouped according to post appendectomy diagnosis and the ratio of neutrophils/lymphocytes (NLR) compared with other parameter. The NLR in each group was compaed by one way ANOVA analyzing. A total of 59 patients were identified: 19 catarrhally, 19 phlegmonous, 10 gangrenous and 11 with perforation. Compared with other markers, NLR is much better in predicting acute appendicitis. NLR increased in all groups (mean>7), specifically on the perforated appendicitis that is greatly increased (mean=12.273). But this was not significantly different NLR from the group (p=0.098). Based on this study it can be concluded, that NLR is the better marker for diagnosis rather than leukocyte and USG. But unfortunately, it can not be used to differentiate the grading in acute appendicitis.

Cirrhosis hepatic is a diffuse chronic liver disease characterized by fibrosis and nodules formation. The reporter presented a case of an 8 years girl who was referred from RSU Bone with Nephritic Syndrome. Through anamnesis, physical examination, laboratory and USG exam, the girl finally was diagnosed as Cirrhosis Hepatic. Based on the clinical symptoms prolonged icteric, ascites, encephalopathy and neurological disorders and the laboratory tests: increased billirubin level (>1.5 mg%), decreased albumin level (