Objective: The Indonesia Basic Health Research 2018 indicates that Indonesian children are still among the shortest in the world. When referred to World Health Organization Child Growth Standards (WHOCGS), the prevalence of stunting reaches up to 43% in several Indonesian districts. Indonesian National Growth Reference Charts (INGRC) were established in order to better distinguish between healthy short children and children with growth disorders. We analyzed height and weight measurements of healthy Indonesian children using INGRC and WHOCGS. Methods: 6972 boys and 5800 girls (n=12,772), aged 0-59 months old, from Bandung District were measured. Z-scores of length/height and body mass index were calculated based on INGRC and WHOCGS. Results: Under 5-year-old Indonesian children raised in Bandung are short and slim. Mean height z-scores of boys is -2.03 [standard deviation (SD) 1.31], mean height z-scores of girls is -2.03 (SD 1.31) when referred to WHOCGS indicating that over 50% of these children are stunted. Bandung children are heterogeneous, with substantial subpopulations of tall children. Depending on the growth reference used, between 9% and 15% of them are wasted. Wasted children are on average half a SD taller than their peers. Conclusion: WHOCGS seriously overestimates the true prevalence of undernutrition in Indonesian children. The present investigation fails to support evidence of undernutrition at a prevalence similar to the over 50% prevalence of stunting (WHOCGS) versus 13.3% (INGRC). We suggest refraining from using WHOCGS, and instead applying INGRC that closely mirror height and weight increments in Bandung children. INGRC appear superior for practical and clinical purposes, such as detecting growth and developmental disorders.

Posterior tibial slope (PTS) has been proposed as a potential risk factor for ACL injury; however, studies that examined this relationship have provided inconclusive and sometimes contradictory results. Further characterization of this relationship may enable the medical community to identify individuals at greater risk for ACL injury and possibly characterize an anatomic target during surgical reconstruction. Medical records of 20 patients who underwent MRI of the knee and athroscopy procedure between August 2016 and March 2017 were reviewed. Patients were separated into 2 groups: a study group of those subjects who had undergone surgery for ACL injury (n =10) and a control group of patients diagnosed without ACL Injury (n = 10). Demographic data were collected, and MRI images from both groups were analyzed using protactor android imaging software to obtain PTS measurements. Data then analyzed using SPSS v20. Data analysis demonstrated that the ACL injury group had significantly greater values for PTS (14.4 SD ± 3.5) compared with controls (10.1 SD ± 2.6). After stepwise elimination of non significant variables, the final t test independent determined that PTS (p value 0.08; p < 0.1) had statistically significant relationships with ACL injury. INW ratio, age, and sex were not demonstrated to be significant predictors of ACL injury in this final model. This study showed a relationship between increased PTS and ACL injury, which corroborates the findings of previously published studies. INW ratio, sex, and age showed no significant relationship with ACL injury.

The MORES and the OST score should be used together to screen for osteoporosis in men.

Trauma adalah penyebab kematian utama pada usia di bawah 44 tahun di Amerika Serikat (AS).  Di Indonesia, trauma menjadi penyebab kematian utama pada kelompok umur 15 – 24 tahun, dan nomor 2 pada kelompok usia 25 – 34 tahun.  Penyebab umumnya ialah kecelakaan lalulintas, diikuti jatuh dari ketinggian, luka bakar dan karena kesengajaan (usaha pembunuhan atau kekerasan lain dan bunuh diri). Salah satu perintis pelayanan kedaruratan medik termasuk kasus trauma adalah Dr. Adams R. Cowley, dari beliau muncul konsep “The golden hour”. Pelatihan Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) dimulai pada tahun 1980 di Alabama, AS, dan atas prakarsa Dr. Aryono D. Pusponegoro, Ketua Komisi Trauma IKABI pusat, mulai 1995 kursus ATLS terselenggara di Indonesia. Penelitian ini dilakukan secara retrospektif dalam kurun waktu Januari sampai Juli 2014 dengan jumlah pasien meninggal di instalasi gawat darurat bedah Rumah Sakit Hasan Sadikin Bandung sebanyak 58 pasien. Melalui penelitian ini akan ditelusuri penyebab kematian dilihat dari segi pertolongan pertama ketika pasien datang ke instalasi gawat darurat, dengan mengacu kepada prosedur Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) yang biasa diterapkan. Hasilnya, pasien meninggal di instalasi gawat darurat bedah Rumah Sakit Hasan Sadikin Bandung dari Januari sampai Juli 2014 sebanyak 58 pasien, sebanyak 6 pasien (10,34%) meninggal pada satu jam pertama, 12 pasien (20,68%) meninggal pada satu sampai enam jam pertama. Dinilai dari segi prosedur Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), mayoritas mengalami kegagalan pada tahap disability (D), yaitu sebanyak 41 pasien meninggal (70,06%), pada tahap circulation (C) sebanyak 10 pasien (17,24%), pada tahap breathing (B) sebanyak 6 pasien (10,34%) dan tahap airway (A) sebanyak 1 pasien (1,72%).