127 cirrhotic patients in Hospital No 198 from 1996 to 2002 were enrolled in this study. Analysing the rate and degree of gastrointestinal bleeding in accordance with risk factors, the results showed that 28% of cirrhotic patients had experienced gastrointestinal bleeding. The more severe cirrhosis was, the higher rate of gastrointestinal bleeding. Alcohol addiction increased the rate of gastrointestinal bleeding rather than hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus. When combined 2 factors, the rate of gastrointestinal bleeding increased 1.5 times. The rate of gastrointestinal bleeding increased according to degree of esophageal varices
Fibrosis ; Esophageal Diseases ; Diseases

In Janruary – November 2001 period, at Thanh Nhan Hospital (Hanoi), 50 patients with pneumoconiosis were studied. Pneumoconiosis is common and accounts for 7.47% of all occupational diseases. The most common ones are acquired by silice, cotton dust and feather dust. The severity is related mainly with the exposure duration, the history of frequently acquired respiratory diseases. Common symptoms are dypnoea 70%, cough 62%, sputum 40%, diverse rale of lung 52%, changes of lung X-ray image, electrocardiogramme and especially impairing lung function. The common conditions and complications are pneumonia, heart failure, chronique heart – lung syndrome, heart dysrhytmia, hemophtisia and pulmonary infarction
Pneumoconiosis ; Occupational Diseases ; Diseases

A 51-year-old hypertensive and diabetic male patient, admitted due to acute kidney injury on top of chronic kidney disease, was referred to the dermatology service. He presented with a 3-month history of multiple discrete pruritic papules with keratotic plugs over the extensor aspects of the bilateral upper and lower extremities, initially managed as a case of scabies infestation but medications given provided no relief. Histopathologic analysis of a skin biopsy revealed findings of acquired perforating collagenosis. Resolution of lesions and pruritus were noted after starting on a topical corticosteroid ointment on the lesions, as well as hemodialysis to address the renal failure. Subsequent consults showed no recurrences and only a minor sequela of post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation.
Collagen Diseases ; Skin Diseases

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Muscular Diseases*

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Rheumatic Diseases*

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Skin Diseases*

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Skin Diseases*

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Foodborne Diseases*

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Communicable Diseases*

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Communicable Diseases*