Publications by authors named "A Lubis"
Background And Aim: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common lung cancer found in elderly patients. Aging and chronic inflammation are related to its pathogenesis. Functional status, lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio describe a chronic inflammation and correlate to the survival of older adults with advanced-stage (IIIB-IV) NSCLC.
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- Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a serious condition often seen in chemotherapy patients, with a notable mortality rate of 12.5%, making accurate risk assessment vital for effective treatment.
- This study, conducted at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital from 2015 to 2019, aimed to compare the effectiveness of two scoring systems—CISNE and MASCC—in predicting complications during hospitalization for FN patients.
- The results indicated that CISNE score outperformed MASCC in both solid and hematologic cancers, with significant differences in predictive accuracy, particularly highlighting CISNE's superior ability to forecast in-hospital complications.
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- This study investigates how adding passion fruit peel pectin and red yeast cell walls to the diet of Nile tilapia affects their growth, immunity, and gut health over an 8-week period.
- The results showed that the combined supplementation led to significant improvements in growth metrics and immune responses compared to control and individual supplement diets.
- Analysis also revealed enhanced gut health, with better intestinal morphology and increased diversity of beneficial gut bacteria, suggesting these supplements could be beneficial alternatives in aquaculture practices.
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- Pediatric patients in intensive care with multiple organ failures have a higher mortality risk, making accurate assessment crucial for treatment allocation.
- This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the PRISM IV score in predicting mortality within the first 24 and 72 hours of PICU admission at H. Adam Malik General Hospital.
- Results showed that while certain lab values differed significantly between the 24 and 72-hour assessments, the PRISM IV scores themselves were not reliable predictors of mortality, suggesting that more research is needed to confirm these findings.
The molecular reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing of respiratory tract swabs has become mandatory to confirm the diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, RT-PCR tests are expensive, require standardized equipment, and relatively long testing times, and the sample pooling method has been introduced to solve this issue. The aim of this study was to compare the cycle threshold (Ct) values of the individual sample and pooled sample methods to assess how accurate the pooling method was.
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