The cross-sectional descriptive study was performed at Hospital K from January 1995 to December 1999 on 171 patients with gastric cancer. Among them, 110 had had fully information about their status. 31% had got 5 years old survival ability with the mean survival duration of 40 months. Post operative prognostic significant factors: the level of invasion of tumor, 5 years old survival ability minimized progressively from T1 to T4 reached 100%, 39%, 18% and 0%, glandular metastasis and distant meastasis which affected to survival duration; the tumor of a size < 5cm had got better prognosis versus that of > 5cm of size and 10cm of size; prognosis was better with higher differentiated type of cells than those of lower defferentiated type; prognosis was better in intestinal type than in dispersing type. The age, the gender, the weight loss were not related to postoperative survival duration.
Stomach Neoplasms ; Surgery ; Therapeutics

We have studied about weight in 199,770 children aged 1-60 months in 100% the localities of Hanoi, there are 59,093 children suffer from malnutrition (29.58%). Malnutrition rates of rural children (34.77%) are significantly higher than those of urban children (21.85%). Age groups 12-57 months suffer from malnutrition the more the higher (23.3-40.5%). Malnutrition rates is Socson district are very high (59.28%). On the contrary in Hoankiem district there are only 14.5% malnutrition
Malnutrition ; Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood ; child

Matching the endoscopic diagnosis and anapathological damage of 130 patients with gastric cancer treated at K Hospital from September 2002 to September 2003. There was a high concidence of the diagnostic locality in endoscopic observation and the post operative analysis of the sample taken at the antrum: endoscopic observation 48.2%, pathological anatomy 48.9%. At the small curvature 24.5% and 25.1%. Anterior pulory and pulory 14.3% and 15.1% respectively. The rate of diagnostic concidence was 98%, 97% and 95%. The rate of diagnostic accuracy of endoscopy attained 74.8% anf of histopathologic diagnostic accuracy attained 85.6% through endoscopic biopsy.
Diagnosis ; Endoscopy ; Stomach Neoplasms ; Therapeutics

The characteristics of heart failure in the elderly were studied on 100 patients over 50 years old treated at Thanh Nhan Hospital in 2001. Heart failure is a common condition occurs in the elderly, it increases progressively with the age, it is more common in female than in male subjects. Patients are hospitalized in all months of the year but the patients are most numerous in March, April and May. The most common causes of heart failure are the value diseases, hypertension and ischemic heart diseases. Paraclinic changes dramatically are electrocardiogram, large heart X-ray radiograph, high level of creatimine urea high level of blood cholesterol, triglycerides and blood glucose. A part from classic medications such as diuretics and digoxine, most cases needed conversed enzyme inhibitors, some cases needed beta blocking agents with limited efficacy on young subjects with heart failure
Heart Failure, Congestive ; Aged ; Heart Diseases

Study on the whole case reports of patients with acute poisoning have been treated at Thanh Nhan hospital in Hanoi during the past 3 years (from January 1996 to December 1998). The results: acute poisoning were more frequently at Thanh Nhan hospital. There were 1230 acute intoxicated patients acquired 2% in comparison with the total patients of the Internal Pediatric Emergency and acquired 13.23% in comparison with the total inpatients at the hospitals. Relative factors and the main causes of acute poisoning: most of patients were inhabitants in Hanoi, in which those in town. The majority of cases were between 16-29 years old, then 30-49 years and over 60 years. Males were distinctly more than females. The major in these patients were free labourers. Suicide was the most causes of acute poisoning. The poisons were entered essentially in the gastro-intestinal tract by oral route 80.1%, intravenous penetration acquired 17.86%, by respiratory route 1.79%, skin and mucosal. The major toxic substances were opium, opiates, seduxen, alcohol, gacdenan, ratpoisons and insecticide
Poisoning ; Epidemiology ; Therapeutics

1412 inpatient cases of the Department of Occupational diseases at Thanh Nhan Hospital in 1997-1999 year period showed an increasing tendency of the incidence of occupational diseases from 22.09% in the year 1997, to 29.5% in 1998 and 47.96% in 1999. The most common diseases were pneumoconiosis 17.35%; occupational bronchitis 10.34%; occupational saturnism 3.88%. The incidence was more in male than in female, and increased with the age. Patients were admitted in all months of the year but with the highest frequency from April to August. 70.75% of the patient were exposed to harmful enviroment, especially with silica dust - 36.53%, then the dust of cotton, wool, chemicals, lead and noise.
Occupational Diseases ; Disease ; Vietnam

All 566 infants from 1-60 months of age treated at Thanh Nhan Hospital in the period Nov. 2001 – August 2002 underwent a culture of urine, among them 45 were infected urinarily (7.95%) with common symptoms such as fever, urinary disturbances. Their paraclinical signs were an increase of blood sedimentation, increase of neutrophile mononuclear white blood cells, in almost urinary proteins, urinary white blood cells were appeared; the younger age the higher rate of urinary infection (64.44% among 1-24 months of age subjects), the rate infection in boys is higher than in girls, in rural this rate is higher than urban subjects. In most urinary infections, there is a combination with other various conditions such as acute glomerulo-nephritis, fever with unknown causes, diarrhoea, especially in malnutritions infants
Urinary Tract Infections ; Infant ; Child ; diagnosis

Among 1227 cardiovascular patients at Thanh Nhan Hospital (Hanoi) in the year 2001, there were 33 with ventricular extrasystole (2.69%), a common pathology, third rank of causes of arrhythmia usually, left ventricular extrasystole, aparse occurrence, type of compensative rest, uniform, monofocus. The most common causes are high blood pressure, diseases of, heart ischemia, occuring in female more than in male, the incidence increases with the age. Most common complication is ventricular tachycardia; ventricular fibrillation and apical twisting are less common but the more dangerous leading to death
Cardiac Complexes, Premature ; Cardiology ; Diseases ; complications ; etiology

45 infants aged 1-60 months were treated in Thanh Nhan Hospital (Ha Noi) from Nov 2001 to August 2002. Urine culture showed  105 microorganisms/ml, their 100% were gram (-) bacteria, including E. coli, the most, then Enterobacter, Proteus, Pseudomonas, Citrobacter, Klebsiella and Morganella. Only 3 infants had only urinary infection, other 42 had urinary infections combining with various diseases. Most of these microorganisms had resistance to common antibiotics of the groups of aminosid and betalactamin. Combining factors causing antibiotic resistance were the history of using one or more antibiotics, using antibiotics when the cause is not confirmed in initial diagnosis or lack of antibiograms
Urinary Tract Infections ; Urinary Tract ; Child

Investigate the rate of hypertension in 548 staffs of Thanh Nhan Hospital from May to July 2001, the results showed that hypertension is common disease in these subjects. Men experienced hypertension more than women. The rate of hypertension increased according to age, especially in people >50 years old. Risk factors are male, older, intellectual, family history of hypertension, no exercise, sleepless, drinking, smoking. Common complications of hypertension are disturbance cholesterol, glucose, ure... in blood, change in ECG and X-ray and on retinae
Hypertension ; Men ; Diseases