Among 512 patients are under management of friendship hospital during 1987 –2001, 431 patients with hematological diseases in which there were 405 inpatients and 26 outpatients. The results showed that most of patients with hematological and hematopoietic diseases can be management in family such as primary marrow fibrosis, malignant lymphoma, hemolytic anemia in order to reduce the rounds of admission to hospital and complication and maintain normal life. The management in the families involved the consultation, tests and prescription for use at home.
Hematologic Diseases ; Leukemia ; Anemia, Aplastic ; Anemia, Hypochromic

205 old patients who have pulmonary tuberculosis with directive BK (+) in sputum were involved in this study. Patients, including 130 men (63.4%) and 75 women (36.6%), were 60 years of old and more. Results showed that rate of anemia that related to erythrocyte and Hb is high. Olders with pneumo-tuberculosis have concomitant infections. Increasing in rate of blood deposition occurred in 99.2% of patients. Rate of BK (+) in sputum related positively to area of damage. Ventilative function and vital capacity decreased dramatically. The patients remained immunity with TB. Rate of change in liver function was relative high. Level of GOT enzyme was increased. Patients should be monitored closely in clinical, especially for these who are receiving chemotherapy.
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary ; Aged

Purpose: assessing the effectiveness of ELISA using sonicated antigen of M. tuberculosis in the diagnosis of adult infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis. Materials: 102 patients from 18 to 70 years old were diagnosed as preliminary infiltrative tuberculosis by clinic and X-ray. And then, 58 patients of them with infiltrative tuberculosis according to the criteria of WHO (1997) and Chebanov V-1980, the rest(control) with lung disease non tuberculosis (4 pneumonie, 6 abcess, 34 lung tumors). Methods: serum of 102 patients were ELISA tested for IgG antibody against sonicated antigen of M. tuberculosis OD= 0,5 was a cut off value for IgG measurements (Charpin D. 1995). Chest-X-ray-images were analyzed by Pr. Bui Xuan Tam and Dr. Hoang Van Huan. Results: 1. The mean IgG value in the infiltrative tuberculosis group was significantly higher than non-tuberculosis group (p<0.001) (0.863+/-0.395 vs 0.252+/-0.19). 2. The larger new tuberculosis lessions on chest-X-ray, the stronger humoral immuno response (P< 0.01), that did not related to Mantoux test. 3. Test ELISA using sonicated antigen of M. tuberculosis, having the sensitivity 81.03%, the specificity 95.45%, the posititive predictive value 95.91%, the negative predictive value 79.24%, the accuracy 87.25%. Conclusion: ELISA can be an useful test for the rapid diagnosis of infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay

On a study the serum IgE and CEA concentrations, number of lymphocytes and Mantoux reaction of 100 TB and lung cancer patients, has shown that serum IgE concentrations vary widely in TB patients (range <120 KUI/I -> 1000KUI/I), no statistically significant differences in TB groups with AFB (-) and AFB(+). It seems there is a favorable relation between the number of lymphocytes and serum IgE concentrations. (P< 0,05). The serum CEA concentrations of cancer patients are higher than this one in TB patients. None of these cancer patients has serum CEA level < 0,5ng/ml, but 17,64% of TB patients has CEA > 0,5ng/ml. There are not statistical significant differences of serum CEA level in smokers and non-smokers groups. Tuberculosis’ test (Mantoux) it seems depend on the number of lymphocytes in peripheral blood. In group Mantoux test negative, absolute number of lymphocytes were less than in group Mantoux test positive with statistically significant differences.
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary ; Lung Neoplasms

A study on the pulmonary ventilation of 125 patients workers (male: 96, ages of 30-35 and working duration: 7-35 years) who were working in the environment with free silicon level that exceed the allowed standard has shown that there was a normal ventilation but there was a reduction of maximal flows among worker who were working in the environment with free silicon level that exceeded the allowed standard. There was a reduction of pulmonary ventilation and maximal flows among worker with silicosis type P.
Pulmonary Ventilation ; Environment ; workplace

An investigation were carried out in §ång nai and S«ng bÐ provinces. Among 727 secondary school pupils (male: 358 and female:369), there are 26,68% male pupils and 16,36% female pupils having problems such as language disorder: 6,7%; reading difficulty: 6,6%. Among 710 high school pupils (male: 351 and female: 359), there are 18,87% pupils having problems (11,69% male and 7,18% female) such as anxious disorder: 8,59%; fugitive depression: 8,51%; behavior disorder: 4,36%. Among 584 high school pupils (male: 259 and female: 289), there are 40,7% pupils having problems such as playtruan: 25,3%; personality disorder: 22,2%; anxious disorder: 8,59%; fugitive depression: 8,51; depended-personality disorder: 24,4%; early love: 16,7%; social opposition: 15,9%; anxious disorder: 15,4%.
Psychology ; Population ; pupil

The authors reviewed 68 medical records of children between the ages of 6-15 during 12/1998-12/1999. The tests for identification of microbial by culture of cerebro spinal fluid have shown that the frequent pathogens were H. influenzae (50%), S.peumoniae (22/6%), Neiseria meningitidis (11,7%), and streptococus. The common clinical symptoms in newborn and infant were anorexia, moan, fontanelle inflation. The common clinical symptoms in older children were high fever and headache. The purulent meningitis due to Neiseria meningitis had a high rate of septic shock and necrosis hemorrhage. The purulent meningitis frequently occurs in winter-spring season and in men than women. There was difference of biochemical and cellular indicators between age groups and pathogen
Meningitis ; Child ; diagnosis

Participants in this study were 153 pediatric patients aged 1 - 12 months who admitted the Pediatric Institute with diagnosis of purulent meningitis between January 1994 and June 1998. These patients were divided into 2 groups. 89 infants were involved in group 1, and 64 were involved in group 2. The results showed that the antibiotic regimen using Claforan with dose of 150-200 mg/kg/24h was superior to the regimen using ampicilline plus chloramphenicol for purulent meningitis in infants, especially for infants who had a delay in seeking health care. Generation 3 of cephalosporine (ceftriasone) has high sensitivity to H. influenzae and rate of resistance to this antibiotic was lower significantly than that of ampicilline and chloramphenicol.
Meningitis ; Infant

The cerebrovascular accident is common disease with severe sequela. Retrospective study on 61 patients with hemiplegic sequela after cerebrovascular accident admitted to the hospital during 5-9/1999 has shown that endovascular laser he-ne was an effective and safe therapy.
Cerebrovascular Accident ; Radiation ; Hemiplegia ; Complications ; Retrospective Studies

A study on hemocyte in peripheral blood of women ages of 18 and above in some suburb communes in Th¸i B×nh province has shown that level of average Hb is about 120 - 130 g/l, highest level of it is in ages of 18 -30 (141, 44 g/l) and lowest in ages of 70 and above (123,66g/l). The rate of subjects with Hb level less than average normal threshold (120% g/l) is 24,76%. This rate is 20,16% in ages of 41 -50 and highest rate is 48,48% in ages of 70 and above mild anemia (most common); moderate anemia: uncommon; and severe anemia: 0.
Hemocytes ; Hemoglobins ; Anemia Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation