40 patients with bronchial asthma in Bach Mai hospital from 6/1998 to 5/1999 and 31 healthy people without allergy. Methods: finding the allergic history and skin test. The results: 52.5% of patients had his own allergic history; 42.5% of patients had a family history; 37.3% of patients had positive skin tests to foreign bodies of house dust mite; 32.5% of patients had allergic antibody against foreign bodies of house dust mite was more 30%. Among methods of specific diagnosis of allergy, there was a close relation between skin test and reaction of decomposition of mastocyte.
asthma ; Hypersensitivity

Loranthus parasiticus (L.) Merr. Loranthaceae (Vietnamese name is Tang ky sinh) was a traditional medicinal herb for treatment of back pain, hypertension, lack of sleep, etc. The chemical analysis confirmed the Loranthus parasiticus (L.) Merr. extract contained flavonoids, adjuvant heart glycosides, antraglycosids, tannin pyrocatechics and organic acids. Total flavonoid content was 0.57%. The pharmacological experiments in mice, dogs, isolated ears and isolated ileum of rabbits have revealed that the Loranthus parasiticus (L.) Merr. extract had antihypertensive, sedative and vasodilator effects. In addition, Loranthus parasiticus (L.) Merr. decrease ileum's mobility of rabbits and had a low acute toxicity
Loranthaceae ; Medicine, Traditional ; chemistry

Clinical retrospectative study of 328 cranial trauma patients treat at Hai Phong Viet Tiep Hospital from 1/1 to 31/12/2002, all patients put on computerized tomography, male/female rate was 4/1, there were many patients aged from 20 to 50, 78% patients suffer traffic accident. Indirect injury image in C.T was 45% and direct injury image was 46%. 25% patients weve intervene surgery. 5% patients were mortality
Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Craniocerebral Trauma ; Diagnosis

20 cases of uretral stenosis underwent an endoscopic investigation. Cutting endoscopically the stenosis was a simple technique with low cost and good efficacy in initial treatment, which could be applied in most of uretral stenosis cases excuding uretral fistula, infection and stenosis at a long segment. After operation, regular dilatation and examination were recommended.
Therapeutics ; Surgery ; Constriction, Pathologic

The investigation was conducted at 30 communes health stations of zones II, III in 3 districts – Huu Lung, Cao Loc, Van Lang – Lang Son province. There were many shortenings in essential care and were not at a same level in various communes even in a same district. For a same commune, there were large gaps between various communes. The main causes of shortening were not the lack of resources, in term of quantity, but of management capacity. Among them, the non homogenous management not basing on the concrete condition of each commune, the negligence of quality standard are the most important
Delivery, Obstetric ; Delivery of Health Care ; Quality of Health Care ; epidemiology

Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum is a rare disease and possibly confused with another conditions such as sarcoid disease, rheumatic pimple … In its histopathological study, it must consider the histochemical methods in detecting the damage of connective fiber tissues as well as clinical signs of the disease. The gender ratio is 1/3 (male/female), the mean age of onset is 30 years old. The necrotic lipoid tissue can occur in various areas – thigh, leg, foot, hand and head skin, most commonly in the right face of the leg
diagnosis ; Necrobiosis Lipoidica ; Therapeutics

In recent years, various resolutions and decisions issued by the Party and the Government concerning the Health care and Pharmacy, especially the Decision No 37/TTg from the Prime Minister regarding “National Policy on the medicaments” dated June 20/1996, Decision No 35/TTg dated March 19/2001 on the “Strategy of People’s health care and protection in the period of 2001-2010” and the Decision No 108/TTg dated August 15/2002 on the “Strategy of the Development of Pharmacy in the period till the year 2010”. In general, all addressed the present problems of the Pharmacy. Negligence must not be taken them. It is necessary to organize a steering Board responsible for these strategies and policies, with the participation of some aiding permanent team. In every locations, steering office must be organized for effectively implementing
Health Policy ; Delivery of Health Care ; Pharmacy

A descritive study on 2606 people (≥15 year old) who suffered from cough and plegm production that lasted over 3 weeks with the symptoms of suspicious tuberculosis at 20 villages in districts of Văn Lâm, Mĩ Hào, Khoái Châu, Ân Thi, Tiên Lữ, Hưng Yên province from Jan 2000 to Dec 2004. The new incidence of tuberculosis AFB (+) in year 2000: 88.70 AFB (+)/100.000 people, it wasn’t steady and 1.29 time higher than the incidence people in the whole country. Males had higher risk by 1.81 times than females. The illiterates had higher risk by 2.11 times than other subjects. The people who contact with transmitted sources had higher risk by 5.47 times than people who had not this history. There is no relation between occupations, age with TB. This proportion is higher than previous year (1989-1997) from 27.62% to 50.34%; higher than in year 2001: 58.62%; year 2002: 38.59%, year 2003:17.48%, year 2004: 35.00%.
Tuberculosis ; Epidemiology

Prospective study was carried out on 30 septic shock patients admitted to the emergency and intensive care unit of Bach Mai hospital from March 2004 to November 2004. Results: coagulation disorder rate accounted for 93.3% of patients including 50% with DIC (disseminated intravascular coagulation) and 43.3% with another coagulation disorders. Patients with DIC had a significant higher rates of multiple organs failure and mortality as compared without DIC (87% and 73.3% vs. 67% and 53.3%, respectively). DIC contributed to multiple organ failure and increase mortality rate. Management of coagulation disorder included replace therapy of fresh plasma (90%) and platelet block (30%) with a dose lower than recommended. Results of coagulation tests after treatment were likely to improve but not yet significantly.
Blood Coagulation Disorders ; Shock, Septic ; Clinical Medicine ; Therapeutics

From 1/1999 to 9/2004, 12720 pregnancies were examined and underwent ultrasound in Ob-Gyn Deparment of Bachmai Hospital and 64 fetuses were found with congenital malformations. The fetal malformations rate was 0.5%. Fetal malformations were detected mainly at primipa. Youngest fetal age was 12 weeks. Mean fetal age when detecting malformations was 22.8 weeks. Single malformation was 68.8%. The most common defects were anecephaly (23.4%), hydrocephaly (20.3%), holoprosencephaly (12.5%). 73.4% of pregnancies with malformation fetuses were terminated successfully by putting Cytotec to cause labour. One case was operated and one was aborted after putting cytotec failed. Failure rate of causing labour by Cytotec was 4%
Fetus ; Fetus/abnormalities ; Diagnosis ; Ultrasonography ; Therapeutics