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

Evaluation of the prevalence of secondary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) and the effectiveness as well as side effects of calcitriol therapy in 40 chronic renal failure patients with last stage receiving hemodialysis in Thong Nhat hospital from March, 2003 to Janruary, 2004. Results: Hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia and HPT are very common in elderly patients, occurring in 100%, 82,5% and 72,5%, respectively. Analysis of patient's diet showed that 100% patients is on low protein, calcium, daily energy. 97,5% is normal or low phosphorous intake. Concentration of serum parathyroid hormone, calcium, phosphate in chronic hemodialysis patients pre and post-treatment decreased clearly, but side effects increased serum phosphate level
Hyperparathyroidism ; Renal Dialysis ; Calcitriol ; Kidney Failure, Chronic

From 1996 to 2000, 73 samples of renal biopsy in patients >16 years old with glomerulonephritis and nephrotic syndrome were study on light microscopy. Results: the rate of minimal change glomerulopathy was highest (72.6%), then was the rate of diffuse mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (20.6%). The rates of focal segmental glomerulonephritis, membranous proliferative glomerulonephritis, and membranous glomerulonephritis in this study were lower than the other studies. The changes in minimal change glomerulopathy are glomerular basement membrane thickened irregularly, widening and effacement of the visceral epithelial cell foot processes
Glomerulonephritis, Membranous ; Nephrotic Syndrome ; Patients

Translate summarily overview document about traditional drug program of WHO (1998) which named: “ actual situation of adjust medicinal herbs” and concentrate to nearly areas and countries which are Vietnam’s partners. Include: development of traditional medicine in Australian, China, Macao, Fiji, Japan, real situation of management traditional drug in Mongolia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Korea and Vietnam.
Medicine, Traditional ; Public Policy ; Case Management

Study on 80 plant samples and medicinal plants stored at Specimen Department of National Institute of Medicinal Materials from 1990 until now. Results showed that: 5 species of Panax L. were recognized in Vietnam, among them 3 species grew wildly and 2 species were imported. Besides China, Vietnam, India and Nepal are three countries have 3 ginseng species which grew wildly. Among three wildly ginseng species, Panax stipulenatus is considered as new species, adding to Vietnam plant system and is endemic of Southern of China - Northern Vietnam. Panax vietnamensis Ha et Grushv is narrow endemic of the Middle area of Vietnam. The three species are especially valuable and need to be protected from extinction in Vietnam. Some samples of P.pseudoginseng Wall in Vietnam collected before 1970s were identified as Panax pseudoginseng Wall. To avoid confusion, it should be called as "pseudoginseng" or "sâm tam thất". Medicinal plant named "Tam thất" in Vietnam market at the moment, which imported from China, is P. notoginseng (Burk.) Chen. The successful P.ginseng import and grow is shedding the light on widening a new valuable medicinal plant in our country
Plants, medicinal ; Medicine, Traditional

Study on 1006 women experienced natural menopause who were living in Tu Liem, Hanoi in the year 2004. Results: Average menopausal age of these women was 47.87± 3.4. There were some common symptoms such as vasomotor dysfunction (hot flush) 46.6%; 51.6% of menopausal women had sexual intercourse, with vaginal dryness and pain during sexual intercourse occurred in 61.7% of them; decrease in libido 95.8%, hysteroptosia 11.3%, especially prolapse of inferior vagina (4.4%).
Postmenopause ; Women ; Epidemiology

To report the efficacy and safety of transsphenidal approach in a series of patients with pituitary adenoma, ninety-one consecutive patients undergoing transsphenoidal surgery of a pituitary adenoma at neurosurgical department, Cho Ray Hospital from January 2001 to June 2003 were included in this study. Postoperative results were analyzed. Total removal rate was 24.2% and partial removal rate was 7.7%. There were 4 patients had rhenorrhea and meningitis. Two patients died because of surgery. Normalization of visual defect was good. Transsphenoidal surgery is an effective and safe treatment for most patients with pituitary adenoma and could be considered the first choice therapy in most of the cases. Sublabial transseptal approach is suitable for our conditions.
Pituitary Neoplasms ; Surgery ; Therapeutics

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