1.Stressful factors associated with recurrent abdominal pain among junior high school children in district 1, HoChiMinh city
Journal Ho Chi Minh Medical 2004;8(2):108-112
Cross-sectional study conducted among 1026 schoolchildren selected from all 9 junior high schools in district 1, Hochiminh City. Recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) rate was 4,2%. Female schoolchildren were more likely to develop RAP than male. Stressful factors associated with RAP were frequently scolded by parents (49,9%), 29,6% frequent sibling quarreling, 29,5% move to new school in the year, 3,7% birth of a sibling in the year. 12,6% schoolchildren were serious diseases. 31,3% schoolchildren were hospitalized
Life Change Events
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Abdominal Pain
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child
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Schools
2.A propos of a pancreatic pseudocyst associated with ascites in infant
Ho Chi Minh city Medical Association 2004;0(3):142-144
Pancreatitis is a rare pathology in infant, but pancreatic pseudocyst associated with ascus is even the more uncommon complication. Its diagnosis is based on clinical signs, blood and peritoneal fluid biochemical examinations, especially on ultrasound. CT scanning plays an important role for diagnosis and treatment. Internal therapeutics give very good success in recompensation of liquids and electrolites, in pain relief and in maintaining pancreatic function. Surgery must be indicated once internal therapeutics give no success or in case of chronic pseudocyst, especially in case when the cyst has got a larger dimension than 10cm because of the risk of rupture
Pancreatic Pseudocyst
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Ascites
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infant
3.Relations between blood homocysteine levels and other paraclinical parameters in type 2 diabetics
Tuyet Thi Duong ; Ngoc Thien Pham
Journal of Medical Research 2008;54(2):11-18
Background: Macro vascular disease is a frequent complication and can rapidly progress in type 2 diabetics. The increase of blood homocysteine (Hcy) level is obviously related to an injury of blood vessels in certain types of diseases including diabetes. It is necessary to determine blood Hcy concentrations and find out its role in relation to other tests in type 2 diabetics. Objectives: (1) Determination of blood HbA1C concentration, urine micro albumin, and flow mediated dilatation (FMD) in type 2 diabetics. (2) Discover any relations between blood Hcy levels and other parameters in type 2 diabetics. Subjects and method: The prospective, descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out on 57 type 2 diabetics diagnosed by WHO 2001 criteria. The concentrations of blood Hcy of all participants were assayed by a competition fluorescence immunoassay. Results: Concentrations of blood HbA1C in patients without and with controlling blood glucose were 10.6 +/- 2.2% and 7.2 +/- 0.3%, respectively. In type 2 diabetics, 35.1% of patients had positive micro-albuminuria (MAU}. FMD of patients with and without vascular damage were 4.19 +/- 1.83% and 8065 +/- 2.1%, respectively. The average concentration of blood Hcy in 57 type 2 diabetics was 12.19 +/- 3.47 micromol/L. Conclusion: Concentrations of blood Hcy in type 2 diabetics without controlling blood glucose were higher than those in the group with controlled blood glucose, but not significantly. Concentrations of blood Hcy between patients with MAU (-) and MAU (+) were significantly different. There is a reverse linear correlation between blood Hcy and FMD.
Hcy
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diabetes
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HbA1C
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micro albumin
4.Concentration of Blood Homocystein in TYP 2 Diabetics
Tuyet Thi Duong ; Huong Thi Nguyen ; Ngoc Thien Pham
Journal of Medical Research 2008;0(1):71-76
Introduction: Diabetes is a serious metabolic disease with chronic and acute complications, especially atherosclerosis. The increase of blood homocystein level is obviously related to blood injuries\u2019 in a number of diseases including diabetes. In Vietnam, blood Homocystein in Diabetics has not been comprehensively studied. \r\n', u'Objectives: The study was conducted with two surveyed groups. Determination of blood homocystein concentration in type 2 diabetics in comparison with a group of normal people. \r\n', u'Subjects and method: The study was conducted on a sample of 57 type 2 diabetics according to WHO-2001 standards and a group of 46 normal people. Concentration of blood homocystein was assayed by a competition fluorescence immunoassay, and by other experiments according to normal biochemical methods.\r\n', u'Results: The tHcy concentration in diabetics is 12.19 \xb1 3.47 mmo/L and in the normal group is 7.87 \xb1 2.26 IJmo/L. \r\n', u'Conclusion: The tHcy concentration in the 57 type 2 diabetics group has a statistically increasing mean in comparison with the normal group for both men and women. However, there is no comparative difference in the tHcy concentration of diabetics in gender and age categories. \r\n', u'
Homocystein
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Diabetic