ABSTRAK
Latar belakang: Terdapat 2,5 milyar kematian karena diare dalam 2 tahun pertama kehidupan. Di negara berkembang, diare infeksi menyebabkan kematian sekitar 3 juta penduduk setiap tahun. Dari data profil kesehatan Provinsi Sulawesi Tengah tahun 2012, diare merupakan penyakit endemis di Sulawesi Tengah. Infeksi saluran pencernaan merupakan salah satu penyebab terbanyak diare akut yang terjadi. Pada diare yang disebabkan oleh infeksi akan terjadi reaksi inflamasi atau peradangan dengan meningkatnya kadar leukosit dalam tubuh. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara hitung leukosit dengan lama rawat inap pasien diare akut pada anak.
Metode: Penelitian ini menggunakan studi cross-sectional dengan pengambilan data di unit rekam medis RSUD Undata Palu. Pengambilan sampel menggunakan metode purposive sampling yang memenuhi kriteria inklusi dan ekslusi. Adapun data yang diperoleh kemudian dianalisa dengan menggunakan uji korelasi chi-square untuk mengetahui hubungan antara hitungan leukosit dengan lama rawat inap.
Hasil: Pada penelitian ini terdapat 97 sampel, berdasarkan analisis univariat diperoleh jumlah pasien terbanyak pada usia periode bayi yakni 65 orang (67%), pada lama rawat inap yaitu < 4 hari yaitu 66 orang (68%), dan nilai hitung leukosit yaitu >10 × 109 /uL sebanyak 52 orang (54.6%). Berdasarkan hasil uji bivariat diperoleh p-value hitung leukosit total (white blood count) sebesar 0,121. Nilai p ini kurang dari nilai α (0,005) sehingga menunjukkan tidak terdapat hubungan antara kedua variabel.
Kesimpulan: Tidak terdapat hubungan antara hitung leukosit total (white blood count) dengan lama rawat inap pasien diare akut pada anak di RSUD Undata Palu pada tahun 2014.

Kata kunci : Diare akut, hitung leukosit, Lama rawat inak, pasien anak.





THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE AMOUNT OF LEUKOCYTES (WHITE BLOOD COUNT) WITH LENGTH OF HOSPITALIZATION OF PATIENT
IN ACUTE DIARRHEA IN CHILDREN IN HOSPITALS UNDATA
PALU IN 2014

Muji Rahayu*, Elli Yane Bangkele **, Puspitasari***
* Medical student, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Tadulako University
** Public Health Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Tadulako University
*** Patology Clinical Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Tadulako University
ABSTRACT
Background: there are2,5 billion deaths caused by diarrhea in the first 2 years of life. In developing countries, it is about 3 million people die every year caused by the infectious of the diarrhea. Health profile data of Central Sulawesi province in 2012 shows that diarrhea is one of endemic disease in Central Sulawesi. Acute diarrhea is mostly caused by infection. Inflammation of inflammatory reaction will occurs by increasing levels of leukocytes in the body on diarrhea that is caused by infection. This research aims to know the relationship between the amount of leukocyte with length hospitalization of patient of acute diarrhea in children.
Methods: This study used a cross-sectional study with data retrieval in medical record unit Hospitals Undata Palu. Purposive sampling method is used in this research that meets the criteria for inclusion and exclusion. The data is analyzed by using correlation of chi-square test to find out the relationship between the amount of leukocyte with length of hospitalization..
Result : In the study there were 97 samples, based on univariate analysis obtained the largest number of patients in the age of the baby period i.e., 65 people (67%), on a long hospitalization i.e. 4 days i.e.66 people (68%), and the value of the amount of leucocytes i.e. 10 × 109/ul as many as 52 people (33.9%). Based on test results obtained bivariat p-value calculate the amount of leukocytes (White Blood Count) of 0,121. The value of p is less than the value of α (0,005). It shows there is no relationship between the two variables
Conclusion :There is no relationship between the amount of leukocytes (white blood count) with length of hospitalization of patient of acute diarrhea in children in Hospitals Undata Palu in 2014

Key words : Acute Diarrhea, The amount of leukocytes, length of hospitalization, children patient.