Morbidity and mortality of typhoid fever in Dong Thap province had reduced gradually in the last 10 years. The number of typhoid fever between 1999 and 2003 was equal to a third cases occurred between 1994 and 1998. There had been 29 of dead cases resulting from typhoid fever for ten years. The highest number of dead cases in 1995 was 6. The death to incidence ratio was 0.076%
epidemiology ; Typhoid Fever ; Fever

Studying on typhoid fever in 16417 people of Binh Thanh Trung commune and 16324 ones of Vinh Thanh commune (control commune) after 2 years with the intervention. The results showed that drinking water sterilized by chloramin B increased by 295.58%, drinking boiling water increased by 10.06%; drinking rainny water increased by 464.30%; vegetable washing by safety water increased by 2886.61%, good sanitary latrine increased by 292.30%, close fish pond latrine increased by 46.91%, sinking latrine increased by 195.995%, fish pond latrine open to river reduced by 17.68%, latrine on the river reduced by 29.24%. Typhoid fever reduced by 92% in comparison to before interventrion. Real effect in comparison to control commune was 5.04%
Typhoid Fever ; Therapeutics ; Epidemiology

There were 89 patients, no death in an outbreak of cholera in Dong Thap province, which happened on January 1st 1999 and lasted for 2 months. The morbidity was 5,61/100.000 inhabitants with all ages; the disease occurred at districts, towns along the Cuu Long river. Local authorities had conducted measures for cholera prevention and control.
Cholera ; Disease Outbreaks

Background: Gougerot-Sj\xf6gren syndrome is an autoimmune disorder with two remarkable symptoms such as dry eyes and dry mouth. Objective: To study the symptoms of dry mouth of Gougerot-Sj\xf6gren syndrome after rheumatoid arthritis; To evaluate clinical and subclinical manifestations of dry mouth. Subjects and method: A prospective, descriptive, cross-sectional study included 160 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, who treated at Department of Rheumatology of Bach Mai hospital, from 1998 to 2003. The patients were divided into 2 groups: 60 patients with Gougerot-Sj\xf6gren syndrome and 100 patients without Gougerot-Sj\xf6gren syndrome. Results: The average age of patients with Gougerot-Sj\xf6gren syndrome was 54.55 \xb1 10.91 years. The mean time of having dry mouth was 8.65 \xb1 8.39 months. Clinical manifestations of dry mouth were sensation of dry mouth (90%), lost of saliva (80%), drink a lot of water while eating (58.3%), enlargement of parotid glands (15%). Degrees of dry mouth were mild and moderate (36.7%), severe (53.3%). 93.3% of patients decreased total salivary flow.82% of patients had 3 and 4 anatomopathologic stages according to Chilsom classification. Conclusion: Incidence of symptoms of dry mouth was higher significantly in the rheumatoid arthritis patients with Gougerot-Sj\xf6gren syndrome than those without Gougerot-Sj\xf6gren syndrome.
Arthritis ; Rheumatoid/ pathology ; diagnosis ; Sjogren's Syndrome/ pathology ; diagnosis ; Xerostomia/ pathology ; diagnosis

Background: Tophi is an important symptom of chronic gout. Objective: To assess clinical characteristics of topbi and its relationships with other manifestations of chronic gout. Subjects and method: A study was conducted in 65 patients diagnosed chronic gout based on Bennett and Wood criteria 1968, with tophi, treated at Department of Rheumatology, Bach Mai hospital, from December 2003 to June 2004. This was a retrospective, prospective, cross-sectional study. Results and conclusions: All patients were males and the average age was 57.8 \xb1 11.71 years. 72.3% of patients aged from 30 to 59 years. The average time of occurrence of tophi in chronic gout was 7.73 years. The mean number of tophi was 24.8 \xb1 9.4 (ranged from 1 to 70). Erosion of tophi occurred 25%. 92.9% of patients had distribution in inferiors limbs and 80.4% had superior limbs. There were relationships between number of tophi and renal lesions, distribution of tophi and number of painful joints.
Gout/ pathology ; therapy

From March 1995 to May 2002, at Hanoi Military Hospital N.108,on 98 patients taken surgical commissurotomy for mitral valve, pulmonary arterial pressure declined from 40,7± 12,7 mmHg before surgery to 29,6 ± 8,2mmHg after surgery, right ventricular pressure from 38,1 ± 11,1mmHg to 29,4 ± 8,4mmHg and left auricular pressure from 32,2 ± 8,6mmHg to 23,2± 7,1mmHg. This had demonstrated very good results of mitral valve commissurotomy, in l to improve hemodynamic state in pulmonary arterial pressure and heart chamber pressure
Pulmonary Wedge Pressure ; heart ; Mitral Valve ; surgery ;

41 children aged 7-15 years with typhoid fever (S.typhi positive blood culture) treated at Dong Thap provincial hospital from October 1999 to April 2000, were evaluated concerning the severity of the condition and the outcome of cytokine response. Results showed that the use of cytokine antibody on dissolved receptors of cytokine could have high value in severe typhoid patients. The systemic elevation of cytokine, especially IL-6 was common in children with typhoid fever and associated with the severity and the progression of the disease, high level of cytokine in hospital admission point was an important prognostic sign.
Cytokines ; Serum ; Typhoid Fever ; Child ; Diagnosis

87 children aged 7-15 years old were treated in Dong Thap General Hospital from October 1999 to April 2000 were diagnosed as typhoid fever. Patients underwent routine examinations, blood culture and bone marrow culture, and clinical care. Results showed that: Mab-based dot-blot ELISA technique for diagnosing typhoid fever on pediatric patient urine sample was a rapid technique, easy to collect sample, stable sensitivity and specificity, it could be combined with blood culture for early diagnosis of typhoid fever, especially in patients, which underwent treatment. The assay was easy to realized without complicated equipment, and easy to observe the result.
Diagnosis ; Typhoid Fever ; Child

The prospective study concerning some factors related between depression and anxiety with AIDS severity was performed on 36 AIDS patients with the manifestation of depression and anxiety associated to other mental disturbances in a total of 76 AIDS patients. The epidemiological and clinical characteristics of AIDS, the clinical disorders of depression and anxiety, and paraclinical date were investigated. Results showed the depression on 8.56% of cases, depression disorders were not difference between various age group. There was a positive proportional relation between AIDS severity and depression and anxiety.
Diagnosis ; Depression ; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

717 post-operation cases of gastric adenocarcinoma were studied at Viet Duc Hospital from the year 1993 to 1998. Surgical accidents accounted for 0.41%, postoperative complication 7.5%, surgical mortality 3.1%. The curettage of glands did not increase the number of complication and death. 23% survived with a survival duration of 30.29 months pos-surgically. There were different rates of death between the group underwent radical management of the carcinoma by curettage and the one which did not. Curettage had prolonged the postoperative survival duration, without complication and death.
Carcinoma ; Therapeutics ; Surgery ; Adenocarcinoma ; Mortality