Putra Pandu

I am Dr Pandu Putra Wijaya Resta – Resident of Pulmonologist at Haji Adam Malik General Hospital Medan, University of Sumatera Utara, Indonesia. I was very honoured to receive the APSR / Norbert Berend COPD Young Investigator Award at the APSR 2021 Congress in Kyoto.

It was the first time for me to attend an international congress and the APSR Congress. I was very impressed by various topics and recent studies from all over the world with all the young talent who were very good at presenting their research. Actually, I really hoped to be able to attend the APSR Congress directly which was held in Kyoto, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this APSR congress was held virtually.

My presentation was about “The Effectiveness of Home-Based Upper Arm Endurance and Strength Exercises with Egg-whites Supplementation on Functional Capacity and Quality of Life in Stable COPD Patients”. A total of 22 participants were involved in this study. After four weeks of training sessions with egg-white supplementation, we could see there was an increased level of functional capacity (11.45 to 16.45) and decreased in CAT score (23.81 to 15.72) with p-value ≤ 0.05 in endurance training. We also found significant impact in functional capacity (17.81 to 21.09) and decreased in CAT score (21.72 to 15.63) with p-value ≤ 0.05 in strength training. I hope that the results of my research can be applied in all health services, which are related to the management of COPD patients.

The presentation in this conference was a very exciting and meaningful experience. From this APSR Congress I got a lot of experience. Many of the latest research about respiratory medicine were presented at this congress and most research was presented by young researchers. I gained new motivation after meeting with other researchers and listening to their enthusiasm when explaining their research.

I appreciate that the APSR gave me this wonderful and precious experience as well as the honour of a APSR / Norbert Berend COPD Young Investigator Award. I sincerely hope to attend the APSR Congress again in the future.