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

Ultrasound cross-sectional prospective investigation on 16 patients with Dengue fever, showed that 15/16 cases, gall bladder wall thickness was a factor of prognosis, standard for patients with high risk of volume dropping shock related to kidney syndrome, 12/16 cases with abdominal cavity fluid, 7/16 cases there was perirenal collection of fluid, 3/16 cases of fluid subcapsular collection in the liver, pleural effusion. In addition, there may be large pancreas and spontaneous rupture of the kidney.
Dengue/ultrasonography ; Case Reports ; Gallbladder

For the first time in Daklak, S. typhi strains were isolated from cases of suspected typhoid fever. MIC was investigated on 50 strains of S. typhi in Daklak from 1996-1998. The results were as following: All these isolated S.typhi strains were fully sensitive to common antibiotics (1g/ml for Tetracycline, Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and 4 g/ml for Ampicillin, Nalidixic acid and the third generation cephalosporin (Ceftriaxone M.I.C=0.125 g/ml) and the fluoquinolones (Ofloxacin M.I.C =0.25 g/ml), especially to 16% of Chloramphenicol-resistant isolates (with M.I.C = 64 g/ml). This is a great difference to compare with S.typhi strains isolated in Northern and Southern in Vietnam. Concerning the plasmid profile analysis, from 50 strains of S.typhi, the results showed that: All these strains did not harbour any R-plasmid. 43 strains harboured a plasmid lower than 70 Md. 7 strains did not harbour any kind of plasmids.
Anti-Bacterial Agents ; drugs ; Salmonella typhi

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