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PENYULUHAN DAMPAK NARKOTIKA DAN OBAT TERLARANG KEPADA MASYARAKAT DESA LUMBAN PEA TIMUR, KABUPATEN TOBA Surjadi Rimbun; Agustina Veronika; Mawar G. Tarigan; Batara Simangunsong; Marlina Rajagukguk; Budi D. Sembiring; Edwin A. Pakpahan; Harry Butar-butar; Irene R. T. Damanik; Nasib M. Situmorang; Thomas Silangit; Donald F. Sitompul; Renatha N. H. Nainggolan; Sanggam B. Hutagalung; Titus Imanuel; Nur Azizah Ainun
Jurnal Pengabdian Pada Masyarakat METHABDI Vol 2 No 1 (2022): Jurnal Pengabdian Pada Masyarakat METHABDI
Publisher : Universitas Methodist Indonesia

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Community Service (PkM) is carried out by the Faculty of Medicine Universitas Methodist Indonesia by providing counselling the effect of Narcotics and Drug abuse. PkM was held on 8-11 June 2022 at Lumban Pea Timur, Balige,Toba District, North Sumatera. The method used is to provide counselling/lectures and provide motivation, then followed by question and answer to obtain results and solutions as a form of solving problems and obstacles faced. The results of PkM with counselling are very effective considering that there are still many people who do not get information about Narcotics and Drug abuse. With this counselling, the public becomes aware of the Narcotics and Drugs abuse problem. Thus, it is hoped that the people of Lumban Pea Timur will aware and know how to prevent their community from Narcotics and drug abuse.
HUBUNGAN JUMLAH TROMBOSIT DAN NILAI HEMATOKRIT TERHADAP DERAJAT KEPARAHAN DEMAM BERDARAH DENGUE Desima Tamara Sinurat; Thomas Silangit; Alexander P. Marpaung
Majalah Ilmiah METHODA Vol. 10 No. 3 (2020): Majalah Ilmiah METHODA
Publisher : Universitas Methodist Indonesia

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Dengue infection is a public health problem in Indonesia in general and North Sumatra in particular, where the cases tend to increase and spread more widely and have the potential to cause outbreaks. Platelets and hematocrit are important parameters in the management of patients with dengue infection. To determine the relationship between platelets counts and hematocrit with the severity of dengue infection, a literature review was conducted by comparing several related journals. The research method used was a Literature Review, using secondary data. Data were collected using documentation techniques. The research journals used were five journals with inclusion criteria for the publicaton date of the last five years, the language used was Indonesian, with the research subjects of patients with a diagnosis of dengue hemorrhagic fever and full text publication. There is a significant relationship between the plateled count and the hemtocrit value with the severity of the dengue infection patients, but there is dengue hemorrhagic fever patients.
GAMBARAN KADAR HBA1C PADA PENDERITA DIABETES MELITUS DI KLINIK DIABETES DHARMA MEDAN Thomas Silangit; Endy Juli Anto
Majalah Ilmiah METHODA Vol. 8 No. 1 (2018): Majalah Ilmiah METHODA
Publisher : Universitas Methodist Indonesia

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Background. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is something that cannot be stated in one clear and concise answer but in general it can be said as a collection of anatomic and chemical problems resulting from a number of factors which obtain absolute or relative insulin deficiency and impaired insulin function. Insulin is a hormone which consists of a series of amino acids, produced by beta cells of the pancreas gland. Under normal circumstances, if there is beta cell stimulation, insulin is synthesized and then secreted into the blood according to the body's needs for the regulation of blood glucose. The glycosylated hemoglobin test, also known as glycohaemoglobin, or glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c), is a method used to assess the effect of changes in therapy 8-12 weeks earlier. The purpose of this study was to determine the description of HbA1c levels in the Medan Diabetes Dharma Clinic in 2016-2017 Methods. This study used a descriptive research method with a cross sectional design. This research was conducted in 2016-2017 at the Diabetes Dharma Clinic in Medan. By using total sampling technique, with a sample of 200 patients who have met the criteria. Data is collected by retrieving data from medical records that perform HbA1c checks, then processing and analyzing data. Result. Examination of the highest frequency of HbA1c levels in the age group> 40 years was 180 people (90%). Based on gender, the frequency is more for men, which is 121 people (60%) compared to women, which is 79 people (39.5%). The proportion of the biggest sufferers of diabetes mellitus is 181 people (90.5%) with HbA1c levels of more than 6.4%. The mean level of HbA1c values ​​in patients with diabetes mellitus was 9.295% (2.3) and the highest value was 18.3% and the lowest value was 5.4%. Summary. In this study that T2DM increased at the age above 40 years and the frequency of men was more than women. HbA1c levels at the Diabetes Dharma Clinic in Medan are still uncontrolled.