PERBEDAAN KADAR ALBUMIN PADA PASIEN KANKER NASOFARING DENGAN BERBAGAI STADIUM (Studi Observasional di RSUP Dr Kariadi Semarang)

Abstract

Background: Albumin is one of many indication for nutrition status decrease. Nasopharyinx cancer may result nutrition status decrease which is influenced for nasopharyinx cancer stadium. This research determinative for prove availability comparson of albumin content in nasopharyinx cancer patient with differential staging in kariadi hospital. Methods: This research use retrospektif design, and use nasopharyinx cancer patient in RSUP Dr Kariadi Semarang. Sixty patient nasopharyinx cancer devided by twenty patient every stadium in Kariadi Hospital start on January – June 2010. Albumin examination looked by medical record in Kariadi Hospital. Albumin data thence cultivated with SPSS 18. Data analysis in this research is normal so use Kruskal Wallis design. Result: Variable data result distribution is abnormal, so this research use Kruskal Wallis analytic. This research has significant difference of albumin level in some stadium of nasopharynx cancer with p 0,00. Result of the research show diference of albumin level between stadium 2-3 p is 0,00, difernce stadium 2-4 p is 0,00, and stadium 3-4 have diference with p 0,00. Conclusion: Happen comparson albumin content in nasofaring cancer stadium 2, 3, 4 in Kariadi Hospital. The higher stadium of nasopharyinx cancer, the lower its albumin level. Keywords: Albumin content, Nasopharyinx cancer stadium.