Study was carried out on 22 HBsAg positive outpatients (14 males and 8 females, over 19 years old), all of them hadn't received any drug for hepatitis and HBV vaccine, and were treated at Central Military Hospital 108. All patients were treated with syrup of Hebevera 40ml twice a day. Results: syrup of Hebevera had possibilities of clearing HBsAg, HBeAg in patients' serum, stimulating immune system to produce antiHBe, protecting hepatic cells against necrotic inflammation, normalizing high ALT and AST. Beside, syrup of Hebevera has broad indications, no side-effects, and easy to use
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens ; Therapeutics ; epidemiology

Background: to assess the disturbances of blood gases in the patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), ventilation function was explored and blood gases were measured in 68 patients (mean age: 65.923.8) with COPD consisting of 40 males (58.8%) and 28 females (41.2%). Results: a large number of the patients hospitalized at late stages (32.35% at stage 1.25% at stage II and 42.5% at stage III). The main disturbance of blood gases in patients with COPD at stage I was a trivial PaO2 reduction with/ or without PaCO2 increase, on the contrary, the main disturbances of blood gases in those at stages II and III were severe exacerbation with a mixed feature (PaO2 reduction and PaCO2 increase). In the patients with COPD at stage I, PaO2 and PaCO2 did not significantly change (p>0.05); but there were significant disturbances in PaO2 and PaCO2 values in those at stages II and III (p<0.05). Conclusion: The result suggest that COPD should be identified, treated and managed at early stage because the chances of a fatal outcome are greater at late stage and, blood gases should be determined only at stage II and III COPD.
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive ; Gases

Background and Objects: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common respiratory diseases. Its etiologic factor of the first magnitude is cigarette smoking. In its course, COPD has many complications in which there are cardiovascular ones showed by ECG abnormalities. To investigate ECG abnormalities at different stages of CODP and the correlation between cigarette smoking and severity of the disease, we analyzed cigarette consumption, ventilation function tests and ECG at 68 patients with COPD, Staging of COPD was based on American Thoracic Society's criteria 1995. Results: 52.3% of the patients had ECG abnormalities (ECG abnormality rates of the patients at stage 1,2 and 3 are 29.5%, 50% and 74.1% respectively). The frequent ECG abnormalities in COPD were right atrial hypertrophy (29.23%), right ventricular hypertrophy (7.69%) or both of them (15.38%). There was a negative and high correlation between cigarette consumption and% FEV1 (r=-0.8484), and cigarette consumption increased significantly from stage 1 to stage 3 of COPD. Conclusions: COPD at the more severe stage had the higher ECG abnormalities in COPD were right atrial hypertrophy, or right ventricular hypertrophy, or the both. The patients smoking more cigarettes were of more severe stage. Therefore, it is extremely important to advise the patients to stop smoking as soon as possible to prevent and manage COPD.
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive ; tobacco

A survey on working environment at 35 facilities discovered some types of dusts, harmful factors such as the noise at high level in some working places (94-100 dBA), tiny dusts, over standard petrol gas. 14/760 workers were examined periodically had tetraetyl lead level in urine during 24 hours. Among 54 cases of lead comtanination, the clinical symptoms of arterial blood pressure - pulse accounted for 42,5%; headache, in somia, much sweating on arms and legs were high, 60 cases suffered from occupational skin gray.
Health Status ; Petroleum ; manpower

A survey on 4 typical industrial areas of Quang Ninh province at 12 representative facilities and inhabitants areas: Ha Long, Uong Bi, Cam Pha and morbidity statistics in workers by examining periodically has shown that the severe dusts, tiny dusts accounted for high rate, poisonous gas concentration was high at some working places, over standard noise was common, oxygen concentration was reduced in the air. The diseases of ear, nose and throat were 46%, dental maxillofacial diseases, dermatological diseases were 35-36%, internal disease and gynecological diseases in women were 26%, the rate of occupational accidents were high.
Health status ; manpower ; Industry

A retrospective study on 4693 patients with epidemic fever/epidemic haemorrhagic fever during 1990-1999 in Thanh Hãa province to find and identify the epidemic haemorrhagic fever, viral isolation, serological diagnosis in 5 coast line districts, 9 district in the delta region and 1 mountain district. The results have demonstrated that the average morbidity rate of the haemorrhagic fever in Thanh Hãa during 1990-1999 was 24.5/100.000; the average mortality rate of haemorrhagic fever was 0.04/100.000. Some epidemics had high morbidity rate included HËu Léc (1573.7/1in 1991) and SÇm S¬n (1978.7/1in 1998). Both were under the country's spread epidemics. There was significant difference of morbidity and mortality rate from the geographic region to another. The disease occurred all ages
Fever ; epidemiology

There were 104 cases of new emerged den-4 serotype hemorrhagic dengue in 2 communes comprising of 81.7% of grade I and 18.3% of grade II. No cases of shock and death were reported. Under 15 years old children account for 26.9%. Differential diagnosis was established late, but active measures such as the elimination of vectorial larvae by larvivorous fishes were well applicated to prevent the spread of the epidemic.
Dengue ; Disease Outbreaks

Electro boa acupuncture (EBA) and electro acupuncture (EA) to rehabilitate the motor function for hemiplegic patients caused by cerebral infarction. Objective: (1) Describe the clinical characteristic of hemiplegic patients caused by cerebral infarction. (2) Evaluate the rehabilitation of motor function in Hemiplegic patients acording to clinical characteristics. Method: 100 hemiplegic patients was selected accidentaly. 50 hemiplegic patients caused by cerebral infarction was applied EBA , and 50 hemiplegic patients was applied EA. The result of treatment was compared after 30 days Resuls: Majority of patien was over 60 years old. In EBA group very good result (recovery) was 30%, good effect 56%; in EA group very good result (recovery) was 18%, good effect 58%. According to Orgogozo and Barthel scale, after treatment, group of patients with EBA, the indexes are all higher than group with EA. Conclusion: EBA to rehabilitate the motor function for hemiplegic patients caused by cerebral infarction has better results than EA.
Cerebral Infarction, Electroacupuncture, Therapeutics

Evaluating activities of erythrocyte antioxidant enzymes and plasma total antioxidant status of 60 patients with the Ib and IIa stage cervical cancer post radiotherapy treated with Belaf and those of 35 healthy controls. The results: Activities of erythrocyte SOD, GPx and GR of the patients significantly decreased compared to those in patients pre radiotherapy. The decrease was likely to recover at the 21st day after radiotherapy. TAS levels of the patients post radiotherapy decreased compared to pre radiotherapy and recovered in 21st day post radiotherapy treated with Belaf
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms ; Plasma ; Antioxidants ; Radiotherapy

Elecotroacupunture was applied on Tuc tam ly site in 50 healthy persons aged 19-25, some organs were affected on cerebroelectrogramme (CEG), on 2 hemispheres wave indices varied (alphawave increased 10-15%, beta, theta, delta decreased 3-5%). Acetylcholin level increased by 210%, catecholamin 227% in comparing with those before the acupuncture. Inhibition of transmission through monosynapse reflexe at myelospinal level was reduced (latent duration after the electroacupuncture at tuc tam ly site was 40ms, prolonged by 35ms in comparing with that before the acupuncture. The amplitude of H wave after acupuncture was 0.3mV, imcomparing with 1.4mV before that).
Acupuncture ; Nervous System ; Medicine, Traditional