From October 1997 to December 1998, 64 patients with defect of skull vault bone were divided into 2 groups. The 1st group of 33 patients underwent an orthopedic surgery to recreate the defect using their self exploited bone and the 2nd using the carbone composite flap. The technique of use of carbone composite was not complicated and can be applied in any surgical institution which had used to conduct emergency surgery of skull and brain. The priorities in indication must be given to large and very large defect.
Surgery, Plastic ; Therapeutics ; Bone and Bones ; Skull ; Orthopedics

From Oct. 1997 to Oct. 1999 in Neurosurgery Department of St Paul Hospital, Ha Noi, 42 patients ≥ 4 years old underwent a cranioplasty for skull lacuna using carbon composite "intost-2". The pathologic postoperative conditions were 14.29% with extradural hematomas, 30.95% subdural hematomas, 54.76% cerebral wounds; located on frontal sited 40.48%, temporal 33.33%, parietal 21.43%, occipital 4.76%. Surgical produres were scar removal and cranioplasty 78.58%, scar removal and meningoplasty and skull repair 21.43%. These 42 cases were carried out succesfully with 7-10 hospital days, symptoms caused by skull lacuna were improved, only 1 case of failure
Skull ; Pain, Postoperative ; carbon

Assessment the efficacy of cranioplasty with frozen self-cranial bone on 47 patients at the Department of neurosurgery, Saint Paul hospital between May 2002 and March 2005. The patients consisted of 37 males and 10 females, the mean age was 28 (16 to 63 years old). In all patients, cranioplasty had been performed to repair bone defects secondary to severe brain injury. 38/47 patients (80.85%) had fronto-temporal defect while 27 patients had very large defect (> 80 cm2). Results: the operation successful rate was 90.24% (37/41 patients) and no complications. 4 cases need secondary cranioplasty while 2 patients were done with carbon composite.
Bone and Bones ; Skull

We selected 93 primary school children aged 7-8 years old living in a rural commune in which 46 children were classified as stunting and 47 children were not stunting during their period of under 5 years old. The anthropometric data and other socio-economic data of children and their family in two groups were collected. The results show that there is a catch-up growth in group of children with early stunting. However, their mean height was shorter than group without early stunting. HAZbefore is determinant factor for HAZ present. We found also that the birth weight is a positive factor that influences on both HAZ in two points of observation (in period of under 5 and in present time of study). We concluded that early stunting has the negative impact on physical growth in later age. Prevention of early stunting is very important action toward long-term nutritional benefits of children.
Malnutrition ; Nutrition Disorders ; Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood ; child

A retrospective 46 stunting and 47 children without stunting when they were at 18-30 months in 1994 and who were at 7-8 ages in 2000 at a commune of Hatay province was carried out to evaluate the relation between the perception ability and stimulate environment of families. The results have shown that the perception score of children with stunting was lower 7 than this of children without stunting and practical score of children with stunting was lower 5 than this of children without stunting. The perception level of pupil related with the stimulate environment of families
Malnutrition ; Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood ; pulpil

To evaluate the important role of various kinds of food/diet for health in order to prevent the chronic diseases. Suitable nutrition is not only aiming at previous nutrition but also base on various kinds of food. A fulfill multinutrition source from plant is needed for a diet. 400 g vegetable/day will provided at least 7% energy/day. The mainly energy source are based on raw provisions that in less process. Limitation of sweet sugar, powder with high blood sugar level. The sugar amount usage isn’t more than 10% energy per day. The red meat doesn’t use over 10% energy/day. Domestic fowls should be in priority eaten. Salt in each portion isn’t over 6g per adult. No alcohol drinking and in the case of drinking it , the limitation is under 5% of energy for man and 2,5% for woman
Chronic Disease

The study was performed on 4 areas (Northern plain, Northern mountain, Southern of Centre, MeKong delta) with 10 communes for each areas. In each commune, 50 under 5 years old children and 15-20 mother-infant pairs of first year breastfeeding. Preclinical deficiency of vitamin A in under 6 months infant group accounts for 32.7%, in other groups 12.4%. Low concentration of vitamin A in breast milk was the most important risk factor, leading to low level of serum vitamin A (SVAL). Taking vitamin A capsule can raise SVAL, reduce the incidence of preclinical deficiency of vitamin A. Malnutritional infant of the scinting form, last month respiratory inflammation significant asiveiation with low level of vitamin A in serum
Child ; Infant ; Vitamin A Deficiency ; risk factors

Some achievements of preventive medicine were studied and analysed on 30 Centers of preventive medicine in whole country. The prevalence of some diseases were reduced considerably: measle 37 times, pertussis 102 times, the mortality of diarrhoea reduced by 17 times, neonatal tetanus 6 times, polyomyelitis 9 times. 40  24% of the staff working day were mobilized for struggle against epidemy. Waters, foods, enviromental samples were collected and controlled with a lack of equipment interms of variety and quantity. The salary and subsidy were rather low
Preventive Medicine ; Public Health ; prevention & control

The study include 16 female patients with eating disturbance split to psychological craving for food and psychological anorexan groups equally and 11 healthy people as controls. Result: body weight and BMI in psychological craving for food group lower than psychological anorexy group as well as controls. Vary heart rhythm indexes according to frequency spectrum are different between eating disturbance group and control group. There are ….. of vice-sympathetic nerve and reduce activity balance of sympathetic and vice-sympathetic in all 2 groups of patients with eating disturbance in awake time, sleep time and all day
diagnosis ; female ; Habits

A study on 222 women who had given birth from January 2003 to March 2004 at Thanh Mien district, Hai Duong province in order to define several risk factors of low birth weight. Results: the average weight of the newborns was 2805.4 ± 529.7gram. Most of the mothers had secondary education level or lower (78.4%). Average height of mothers was 153.9 ± 5,2cm; 95.5% of mothers had height ≥145 cm. More than 90% of mothers’ weight before pregnant was ≥40 kg. Average number of pregnant was 2.1± 1.2 times. Average weight gain of mothers in 9 months of pregnancy was 7.9±3.4kg. 91% of mothers had been comfortable during pregnancy. Mothers who had uncomfortable feeling during pregnancy had higher risk of low birth weight than mothers who had not that. The rate of ferrous sulfate supplement accounted for 69.4%. There were 41% of mothers used at least one kind of drugs during pregnancy.
Infant, Low Birth Weight ; Risk Factors