Dr.S.Sutanto - Trisakti Medical School - Jakarta

Trisakti Medical School

2009-10-06T02:43:00.000-07:00

The difference between fetal and adult circulation

2008-04-03T09:08:00.000-07:00

The fetal circulation has many openings to enhance its circulation:

1. The presence of Umbilical vein and arteries to deliver blood from and into the placenta.

2. The oval foramen between left and right atrium that establish Right to Left shunt

3. The Venosus duct (Arantii) delivering blood directly into the inferior caval vein instead flowing through the liver sinusoid.

4. The Arteriosus duct (Botali) between aorta and pulmonal vein to give blood to the lungs

These differences should be kept in mind especially by students to understand the

pathophysiology of congenital heart diseases.

Getting money from the internet ?

2008-03-09T20:55:00.000-07:00

In our campus it is common to see many students seriously browsing the internet seeking topics related to their assignments or when they are facing examinations and there are topics that they have not understood yet. However how many percent of these students know that it is also possible to draw some money from their notebooks ? To be able to do this it is important to send about $ 500 to a broker in the US. Then we have to buy a cheap options for about $ 1-5 each.
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The Effect of Dark Chocolate towards Blood Pressure by Sylviana

2008-03-07T16:24:00.001-08:00

The popularity of chocolate as healthy diets were responded with studies suggesting that the consumption of dark chocolate provides a cardiovascular benefit for patients with essential hypertension

Polyphenols and Flavanols (especially), are rich component found in dark chocolate that are believed to have a beneficial effect on blood pressure (BP). On the other hand, white chocolate at lower level polyphenols might not have effect on BP. Recent studies were focused to find its salutary effect on BP during a longer treatment period, when its healthy effects might be negated by its high calorie content. Polyphenols could improve endothelial function and reduce indicated by the chronic increase in nitric oxide in the vascular endothelium. Besides, Flavanols were responsible for the observed effects on S-nitrosoglutathione and BP.

From a study, a healthy diet of Polyphenols-rich dark chocolate was believed to cause progressive reductions of systolic and diastolic BP (daytime and nighttime) of participants with pre-hypertension without inducing weight gain or other adverse effects.

However, the studies done did not explain the details of bio-chemical process of dark chocolate affecting blood pressure. Although the magnitude of the blood pressure reduction was small, the effects were clinically noteworthy. Consumption of dark chocolate daily in moderate amount has no harmful effect despite of its high calories content.

The role of CT scan in rhinosinusitis by Defby Ulfandy

2008-03-07T16:18:00.001-08:00

Sinusitis is rarely life threatening, but the close proximity of the paranasal sinuses to the central nervous system, the multiple fascial plains of the neck, and the associated venous and lymphatic channels can lead to serious complications. An estimated more than 30 million patients in the United States have sinus disease. An estimated 5-10% of Upper respiratory infectios (URIs) in children are related to sinusitis, while up to 10% of URIs in adults are related to sinusitis. Sinusitis is rare in children younger than 1 year because the sinuses are poorly developed before that age. A viral infection associated with the common cold is the most frequent etiology of acute sinusitis. Only a small percentage (as low as 2%) of viral sinusitis cases are complicated by bacterial sinusitis. The challenge is to differentiate a simple URI and allergic rhinitis from sinusitis. Rhinosinusitis is a common condition seen in the United Kingdom and many other countries, also in Indonesia. Presenting symptoms can be varied and often vague.

Is it possible to recognize the gendre of a fetus in the woomb ?

2008-03-01T01:41:00.000-08:00

The invention of an ultrasonographic device enable us to really recognize the sex of a human baby. When we are scanning the baby we have to first locate the vertebrae then we follow it to the coccyx region. When coming to this region you can be able to look at the genital of the baby. When it appears like a two small engorgements like a sliced peanut it seems the baby is a female baby but if you observe a two ball appearance and sometime with a " monas monument" it seems a male baby

Why do we study human embryology ?

2007-12-06T16:13:00.000-08:00

Human embryology is a science studying the development of a human in the woomb of a pregnant woman. Many interesting progresses occur in the creation of a human in the woomb. Beginning with a three layer embryo -entoderm,mesoderm and ectoderm- an evolution takes place. The alteration of a neural plate to a neural groove and at last to a neural tube is a beginning of the creation of our central nervous system.