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Assessing the Inter-observer Agreement of Electrocardiography Interpretation in the Elderly Surgical Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study Mupangati, Yudo Murti; Setyawan, Henry; Soejono, Czeresna Heriawan; Gasem, Muhammad Hussein; Riwanto, Ignatius
Medica Hospitalia : Journal of Clinical Medicine Vol. 10 No. 3 (2023): Med Hosp
Publisher : RSUP Dr. Kariadi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36408/mhjcm.v10i3.969

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Background: Electrocardiography (ECG) is an essential objective diagnosis tool, specifically for the elderly who are about to undergo surgery. From the examination results, it is possible to determine the presence of a heart condition that could impair the surgical outcome. Furthermore, the examination is slightly influenced by the subjectivity of observers. Purpose: To evaluate the inter-observer agreement on the reader of a 12-lead ECG on elderly patients subjected to elective surgery. Method: A consequential ECG examination was conducted on elderly patients who underwent elective surgery at Dr. Kariadi Hospital  Semarang between July and November 2021. Two junior internist observers were independently involved in reading the ECG results in different places. The inter-observer reliability analysis used kappa statistics to determine consistency between observers. Result: Analysis was carried out on 193 patients aged  60-87 years old, with a prevalence of abnormal ECG was 33.7%. Kappa Conformity Value was 0.864 (95 % CI: 0.790-0.938,  p<0.001). Conclusion: The value of agreement between junior internists in ECG interpretation among elderly surgical patients is good (kappa value  >0.8). Even though the observers are junior internist, the result of the interpretation with a high kappa is considered to have reliable validity.
Detection of Pathogenic Leptospira in Sputum of Leptospirosis Patient with Pulmonary Hemorrhage. Handayani, Farida Dwi; Novipuspitasari, Lisa; Ahmed, Ahmed; Safari, Dodi; Hidajat, Muhammad Choirul; Soebandrio, Amin; Gasem, Muhammad Hussein
Journal of Biomedicine and Translational Research Vol 11, No 2 (2025): August 2025
Publisher : Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Diponegoro

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14710/jbtr.v11i2.28259

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Background: The pathogenic Leptospira species is the causative agent of leptospirosis, an endemic zoonotic disease in Indonesia. Misdiagnosis of the disease frequently occurs, as confirmatory diagnosis confined to highly specialized laboratories. As well, the pulmonary involvement of leptospirosis with hemoptysis is scarcely reported.Case Presentation: A 49 years-old male patient was admitted to the district hospital with acute febrile illness and a history of traveling to a malaria-endemic area in Borneo, Indonesia. Based on a chest X-ray result, the patient was clinically suspected to have pulmonary tuberculosis. However, the clinical manifestations of leptospirosis i.e. conjunctival suffusion, calf pain, and oliguria were present, and later hemoptysis was also reported. A clinical diagnosis of leptospirosis with pulmonary involvement was proposed. Immunochromatographic test (ICT)-rapid test for vivax/falciparum malaria and Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) staining of sputum for tuberculosis results were both negative. Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT), the IgM anti-Leptospira rapid test (lateral flow assay), and PCR amplification of both conventional and real-time (qPCR) were performed using various samples (serum, urine, and sputum). The MAT of acute single serum sample and rapid test were negative. Intriguingly, the PCR showed positive results in sputum and urine samples but not in the serum sample, highlighting the usefulness of leptospiral molecular detection to confirm further diagnosis.Conclusion: Molecular detection of pathogenic Leptospira in sputum samples can be considered for confirmatory diagnosis of leptospirosis patients with pulmonary hemorrhage. Likewise, the urine sample can be used as an option in the examination of severe leptospirosis.