We conducted a retrospective study on the medical records of patients with traffic accidents in Viet Duc Hospital. Results showed that the mortality rate and traffic accident were increasingly with development of socioeconomy. The mortality rate related with traffic accident was the same as this in Egypt. Most of them were men and ages of 24-45. Motorbike was most frequent cause of traffic accident. The rate of helmet using was low.
Accidents, Traffic ; Wounds and Injuries

We conducted a study on 45 patients treated in the rehabilitation facilities after 2 years of cerebrocranial injuries due to weapon, traffic accident, with average ages of 33. Results have shown that there was close relation between the psychological condition and drug addiction before cerebrocranial injuries. The psychological condition and drug addiction related closely with the posttraumatic unemployment and dependent life. There was a relation between supportive level of society and patient's and their family's behaviors.
Rehabilitation ; Wounds and Injuries

PURPOSE: FDG uptake on positron emission tomography (PET) has been considered a prognostic indicator in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The aim of this study was to assess the clinical significance of maximum value of SUV (maxSUV) in recurrence prediction in patients with surgically resected NSCLC. MATERIALS AND METHODS: NSCLC patients (n=42, F:M=14:28, age 62.3+/-12.3 y) who underwent curative resection after FDG-PET were enrolled. Twenty-nine patients had pathologic stage I, and 13 had pathologic stage II. Thirty-one patients were additionally treated with adjuvant oral chemotherapy. MaxSUVs of primary tumors were analyzed for correlation with tumor recurrence and compared with pathologic or clinical prognostic indicators. The median follow-up duration was 16 mo (range, 3-26 mo). RESULTS: Ten (23.8%) of the 42 patients experienced recurrence during a median follow-up of 7.5 mo (range, 3-13 mo). Univariate analysis revealed that disease-free survival (DFS) was significantly correlated with maxSUV (<7 vs. > or =7, p=0.006), tumor size (<3 cm vs. > or =3 cm, p=0.024), and tumor cell differentiation (well/moderate vs. poor, p=0.044). However, multivariate Cox proportional analysis identified maxSUV as the single determinant for DFS (p=0.014). Patients with a maxSUV of > or =7 (n=10) had a significantly lower 1-year DFS rate (50.0%) than those with a maxSUV of <7 (n=32, 87.5%). CONCLUSION: MaxSUV is a significant independent predictor for recurrence in surgically resected NSCLC. FDG uptake can be added to other well-known factors in prognosis prediction of NSCLC.
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung ; Cell Differentiation ; Disease-Free Survival ; Drug Therapy ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms* ; Lung* ; Positron-Emission Tomography ; Prognosis ; Recurrence