21 children aged 1-15 suffering from 10-25% body surface burn infected with pyocyanic bacteria were treated at the National Institute of Burn from April to October 2002. Burn lesions were divided into 2 zones with similar superficilit and depht. On the zone A, antipyocyanic serum was applied, and zone B, silver sulfadiazine 1% (SSD1%). Results showed that entipyocyanic serum had got the effects of secreting reduce, anti inflammation and deodorizing and decolorizing of the burn, stimulating the epithelial processing, reducing the pyocyanic bacterial infection frequency from 100% in the first examination to 7.14% in the 3rd examination and the count of pyocyanic bacteria from 22.12  0.07 x 104 to 2.44  0.01 x 104. The duration of treatment in shallow burn of II, III grade (7.2  0.6 days versus 8.5  0.2 days) and in deep burn of III grade (14.5  0.7 days versus 16.5  0.6 days)
Child ; Burns ; Serum

OBJECTIVES: The average alcohol consumption per capita among Vietnamese adults has consistently increased. Although alcohol-related disorders have been extensively studied, there is a paucity of research shedding light on this issue among Internet users. The study aimed to examine the severity of alcohol-related disorders and other associated factors that might predispose individuals towards alcohol usage in a sample of youths recruited online. METHODS: An online cross-sectional study was conducted with 1,080 Vietnamese youths. A standardized questionnaire was used. Respondent-driven sampling was applied to recruit participants. Multivariate logistic and Tobit regressions were utilized to identify the associated factors. RESULTS: About 59.5% of the males and 12.7% of the total youths declared that they were actively using alcohol. From the total sample, a cumulative total of 32.3% of the participants were drinking alcohol, with 21.8% and 25.0% of the participants being classified as drinking hazardously and binge drinkers, respectively. The majority of the participants (60.7%) were in the pre-contemplative stage. CONCLUSIONS: A high prevalence of hazardous drinking was recognized among online Vietnamese youths. In addition, we found relationships between alcohol use disorder and other addictive disorders, such as tobacco smoking and water-pipe usage. Our results highlighted that the majority of the individuals are not receptive to the idea of changing their alcohol habits, and this would imply that there ought to be more government effort towards the implementation of effective alcohol control policies.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Alcohol Drinking ; Alcohol-Related Disorders ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group* ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Drinking ; Humans ; Internet ; Male ; Prevalence ; Risk Factors* ; Smoking ; Surveys and Questionnaires* ; Vietnam