Background: Patients with obesity who have SARS-CoV-2 are at significant risk for developing serious clinical problems that need intensive care and have a bad prognosis.
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine obesity and outcome among patients hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 at the Indonesia's national referral hospital.
Methods: This study used a retrospective cohort.
Stunting prevalence varies significantly across Indonesian provinces and districts/municipalities, including West Sumatra. This research aims to identify the driving and inhibiting factors for implementing the stunting reduction acceleration program at the district level in West Sumatra. The research was conducted in 2022 with a qualitative study design and a case study approach.
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February 2022
Objective: To implement an online system to evaluate the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on maternal and child health and nutrition essential health services in Indonesia.
Methods: We developed an electronic monitoring and evaluation system to assist district health offices in making rapid assessments of the impact of COVID-19 on maternal and child health and nutrition programmes in their area and in developing policy and programme responses. This implementation research was conducted from September to December 2020 in 304 districts.
Open Access Maced J Med Sci
August 2019
Background: The use of medicines in children is usually always under the supervision of parents. Children are considered not to understand the concept of medicine properly. Children's perceptions of medicine are mostly formed from everyday experience.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Preeclampsia can be divided into early (EOPE) and late (LOPE) onset preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is related to the failure of placentation. Accumulation of hypoxia-inducible factors (HIF)-1α is commonly an acute and beneficial respond to hypoxia, while chronically elevated is associated with preeclampsia.
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