From December 2000 to March 2003, at Huu Nghi Hospital, 85 patients with tracheal intubation were studied. There was no statistically statistic significances between 2 groups (of success and of failure) concerning the age, predicted body mass, the duration of mechanical ventilation. The causes of respiratory deficiencies needing mechanical ventilation were: infections, cerebral infarctus, cerebral hemorrhagy, acute left heart failure, acute myocardiac infarctus, diabetes. CROP diagnostic value of weaning from mechanical vetilation was higher in success group than in failure group. Threshold value of CROP index  13 (ml/breathing rythm/minute) had got a sensitivity of 0.65, specificity 0.89, predicted positive value 0.84, negative 0.74, under curb surface ROC = 0.875.
Ventilation ; Intubation, Intratracheal ; Body Mass Index ; Age Factors

The author reported 37 cases of pituitary adenoma operated in Department of Neurosurgery, Cho Ray hospital during the period of 30 months. Pitutary adenomas occupated 5.4% of all intracranial tumors. They occurred equally in both male and female and dominated at 30-40 of the age. The most common symptoms was visual disturbance with 57.1% had atrophy of optic nerve and endocrinological disturbance with amenorrhea (7 cases), acromegaly (4 cases), diabetes and galatorrhea. Endocrinological investigation indicated that the hyperprolactinaemia is a main disturbance (14 cases). Treatment results were not so good with 13.5% of bad results and dead. The author also discussed about the classification of pituitary function and the role of modern diagnostic equipments allowing earlier diagnosis. The surgical treatment was simple with the mainly applying of transcranial approach.
Pituitary Neoplasms ; Surgery ; therapeutics

There are 275 cases of AIDS in HuÕ during 1995 -1996 and in France during 1997 -1998 were studied. Results: the climate condition and population in two cities are the same. But the social development and environment are different. Therefore, the disease model of opportunity infection of poor city in developing country is different from this of developed city. The opportunity infections in HuÕ mainly are respiratory infection, in which tuberculosis: 50% where as these in BREST is various.
Infection ; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ; Opportunistic Infections

A study aimed to evaluate the antioxidant activity (AOA) of traditional medication by determining the iodine index of Tween 80 in tentative samples (with the extraction of traditional medication) and control samples (without the extraction of traditional medication). It should not apply the spectrometry to evaluate the AOA of these medication because of their complicated chemical components, especially chromatic compounds which interfere the photic density
Antioxidants ; Medicine ; Medicine, Traditional ; Iodine ; Polysorbates

WHO issued the guidance for evaluation of the safety and validity of herbal medicine including the qualitative standards of materials, and preparations (fresh and dry materials, processed materials, storage, package and labeling), and general researches on the pharmaceutical and pharmacological aspects (toxicity, grow, and materials development).
Plants ; Plants, Medicinal

This paper introduced the WHO guideline on the research on the medicinal plants including the overview of research on the medicinal plant, method of study, qualitative standard of medicinal plant, preparation and reference, on the pharmacokinetic, pharmacological, preclinical, clinical studies
Plants, Medicinal ; Guideline [Publication Type] ; pharmacokinetics

41 patients with the allergy due to the traditional native medicines in Bach Mai Hospital were monitored closely the clinical symptoms and their total IgE were determined. It was difficult to identify precisely the compounds that caused the allergy. In addition to, the allergy to the traditional native medicine usually related with the renal, hepatic lesion or other lesion therefore, the mortality rate of this allergy was higher 3 times than this of other allergy at the same time. The study also introduced some measurements for limiting the accidents due to the traditional native medicine in the community
Population Groups ; Medicine ; Medicine, Traditional ; Attention

In East Mediterranean countries, in Oman islamic country up to the year 1995, in Saudi Arabia there are some regulations for traditional medicaments. From November 1993, in Argentina, regulation concerning the registration and the trade of traditional medicines were promulgated, pursuant this, the traditional preparations must be registered within 180 days. In Canada, medicinal herbal, as medicines must be in compliance of the rules of labeling and other rules of the Law of Foods and Drugs. American Law regulates the labeling as for food additives – WHO survey noted on the administration of traditional medicine only in Mali, Mauritania and South Africa
Medicine, Traditional ; Public Policy ; Case Management

Ecstasy has been registered in 1914 as an anti-tired medicament for military use. From the year 1980, Ecstasy becomes an excitant using in amusing with the name of “shaking drug”, “Rabid drug”. After consumption, users become cheery, infatuated, vigilant, untiring, loosing of the feel of hunger, fond of groping for and embracing, drinking alcohol and beer, dancing in all night. In the state of passionately fond the user can kill and rape. After a stage of exciting, the user can get severe and long weakening, get psychologic disturbance, get acute hepatitis. The harmfulness of ecstasy can be continuously listed
N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine ; Military Personnel ; Pharmaceutical Preparations

Antibiotic use must carefully and must exactly consider according to indication and combined exactly method and disease. To against antibiotic resistance, urgent methods is needed such as drugs used exactly disease, sufficient dose and enough time. For physicians, should careful if prescribe antibiotic, don't use new drug if older drug still effective, review antibiotic resistance to choose exactly, preservation obey exact standards, limited using antibiotic for cattle and poultry
Antibiotics, Antifungal ; Pharmaceutical Preparations ; Delivery of Health Care