Prevalence of medication adherence and glycemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes and influencing factors: A cross-sectional study.

Background: This study aimed to assess medication adherence, glycemic control, and their influencing factors among outpatients at an Indonesian clinic with type 2 diabetes.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among patients with type 2 diabetes at a hospital-based clinic in Surabaya, Indonesia, from September to December 2018. A purposive sampling was used; patients aged 18 years and older, had diabetes and any comorbidity, received hypoglycemic agents, and provided written informed consent were included.

Adverse drug reaction and its management in tuberculosis patients with multidrug resistance: a retrospective study.

Objectives: This study was conducted to assess adverse drug reactions and their management in MDR-TB patients. Indonesia is the fifth highest country with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) high burden around the world. The number of MDR-TB patients in Indonesia is increasing every year, but the data regarding ADRs are still limited.

Medical problems in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis and their therapy.

Background It was reported that hemodialysis (HD) with either a new or reused dialyzer raises medical problems that require therapeutic regimens. This study aimed to investigate the medical problems and their management in patients undergoing HD. Methods This study was conducted by prospectively observing patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing HD.

Profile of PRMT-1 gene polymorphism in hemodialysis patients with increased ADMA levels.

Aim: to determine the distribution of PRMT-1 gene polymorphism and ADMA levels among continuing hemodialysis patients.

Methods: genotyping of PRMT-1 polymorphism was performed in 57 hemodialysis patients at Al Irsjad Hospital. All participants were recruited for physical examination, questionnaire, and collection of 5 mL fasting venous blood.