The results of a retrospective study of epidemiological surveys was conducted by National Iodine Deficiency Disorder Control Program and periodic surveys were conducted by the Centre of Preventive Health of An Giang in 1998, 2000 and 2003, showed that the coverage rate of households consumed salt with an iodine concentration of more than 20ppm was 29%, 52.9% and 76.5%, respectively. The median urinary iodine concentration was 1.8mlg/dl, 4.4mg/dl and 5.7mg/dl, respectively. The prevalence of goiter in children age 8-10 years was 20.5%, 12.8% and 6.1%, respectively. In 2003, there were still 71.5% of households situated in the iodine deficiency area in An Giang province. The main reasons make people have not used iodised salt are habit of using normal salt; iodised salt is not available and affordable. Although knowledge about the benefit of iodised salt for preventing endemic goiter is 89.4%, knowledge of using iodised salt for preventing creatinism is low (40%).
Iodine ; Iodine/deficiency ; Epidemiology

Randomized epidemiology study was conducted in 4,882 people about real situation of smoking tobacco at 12 districts of Hai Phong in 2002. Result: smoking rate was still high (39.6%), mainly at 21 to 60 of ages (79.9%), among of them men were 96%, women were 4%. Smoking rate in rural areas was higher urban areas (p<0.05). The occupation had high smoking rate were: driver (83.3%), solider (73.4%), police (60%), worker (45.6%), farmer (39.4%). The occupations with low smoking rate were: health (28.2%), education (22.7%), student (16.7%), civil service (15.7%), and pupil (7.3%). Three sources of information which talked about damages of smoking are: television (92.7%), radio (61.2%), and photograph (49.3%). Smoking reasons: around smokers (53.3%), civility (40,0%), working condition (29.6%), and habit (48.2%). The rate of given up smoking in Hai Phong in 2002 was 26.5%
Smoking ; Tobacco

he effectiveness of nutritional programme in the ”QuangBinh GTZ-IPS Integrated Food Security Programme” was evaluated from1996 to 2002. In realying the project, 80-85% of mother gave birth to child in health service facilities;ln general, 98,3% of pregnant women got gestational consultation,while 85,1% got 3 medical visits. During gestation, 60% of women ate more, almost pregnant women got 2-3 month rest before delivering, 93% did not abstain from any food.90-98% of women who brought up under five -year -old child known about colostrum and to begin breast-feeding soon at the 1st postpartum hour; 57,3% known about supplementary food, 22% could know whether their children get malnourished, 90% known that malnutrition could be controlled successfully,80-90, 2% known that vitamin A deficiency could be treated by consuming foods containing vitamin A/carotene and administered by vitamin A capsula 2 times a year
Nutritional Status ; education ; communication ; Food ;

554 pupils of Le Hong Phong primary school in Ngo Quyen district . Hai Phong city were enrolled in an investigation performed following the 25B from WHO concerning allergic diseases. Results were processing biostatistically. The prevalence is 37,32% in pupils, it is higher in girl than in boys. This prevalence increased progressively after 15 years old. The commonest conditions are respiratory allery, broncho-asthma 6.25%, allegic shinite-simusite 19,67%, urticaria 6,69, allergic reaction to medicaments 0,92%, to food 2,75%, to chemicals 0,97%, eczema 0,92%. Cold weather 33,64% and the change of weather 21,50% play important role in causing clinical symptom of allergic rhinite-simusite. In addition there are 14,02% of allergic response due to dust
Hypersensitivity ; Disease ; Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial ; epidemiology

The research was conducted on 213 children from 1 month to 15 years died within 24 hours of admission to the Central Hospital of Pediatrics (CHP) from 1/1/2000 to 30/6/2003 showed that the mortality rate was still high (1.73%). There were some factors affecting to child mortality. Age group 1 month to 12 months accounted 46.01%. The order of the 3 commonest causes of death are respiratory diseases, neurological diseases and infection diseases. The specific causes of death were pneumonia, septicemia, encephalitis, acute encephalitis syndrome. The mortality rate is higher in summer (35.21%), child lived in the countryside over 20km far from the CHP 85,45%. Children were came lately to the hospital, managing themselves at home 55,4%, not managing or managing not correctly 57,28%
Mortality ; Child

The study was conducted on 64 children from 0-14 years old who had indication of central vein catheterization at the Intensive care unit of Central Pediatrics hospital. Results: successful rate 87.5%; unsuccessful rate 12.5%, complication rate 4.7% (common complications were penetrating into artery, catheter migration and pneumothorax), catheter’s head infection was 30.4%, no septicemia caused by catheter. The technique of measuring the position of catheter’s head through skin is correct in 71.4%, incorrect in 28.6% (mainly was turning up the same side and deep into the right heart). The over-5 year patient group had successful rate higher than that of under-5 patient group. There was a correlation between catheter’s head infection rate and the duration of catheter remaining in central vein
Catheterization ; Child

35 patients with internal hemorrhoid of II, III, IV grade were treated by simple technique in a short duration and thourough operation without complicate equiments, the traditional formule “kho tri tan E” in combining with Vietnamese traditional herbal medicines gave preliminary satisfied efficacy through the evaluation of 2 main criteria of treatment as bleeding severity and the fall of hemorrhoid knot. Before the treatment, 100% of patients had got bleeding of diverse levels. After the treatment, there was 14.3% of patients still had got mild bleeding. In 100% of treated cases, the whole of hemorrhoid knots falled down. No complication occurred.
Medicine, Traditional ; Therapeutics ; Hemorrhoids

87 subjects aged 10-69 with the diagnosis of systemic erythema lupus-SLE (82.67% female) were treated in Marine Medicine Centre at Hai Phong College of Medicine and Viet Tiep Hospital. The most common age is 20-49 (65.82%). Most common clinical signs are anemia 67.82%, arthritis 65.51%, erythema 64.37%, ulcer of month 32.18%, sensitive to light 27.84%, disk shape erythema 16.09%. The rate of positive antinucleus antibody in SEL is 66.67%, anti ds DNA – 60.92% with the technique of indirect fluorescein using basal subtract as antigene Crithidia lucilae and Hep-2 cells. The value of immunological examination contributes to early diagnosis of SLE with the rate of 83.91%, helping to follow the progress of condition during the management
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic ; diagnosis ; Therapeutics ; immunology

Regarless age, occupation, health conditions, property; married men living in the Commune An Lac, District of Chi Linh, Hai Duong Province; Hoang Tay, Kim Bang, Ha Nam province; Dong Thap provincial town and Hanoi No1 College of Agriculture, were included in this horizontal investigation with a form of questionary. Results were processed medical statistic. Among 746 married men of 18 years and elder age, represented of the South, the North, urban and rural areas, intelligency and plain working person, there is a rate of impotentia of 15.7%, with a frequency of intercourse of 3,1072,16 times weekly, immediately after the marriage. The mean age of impotentia is 40,889,48 (p<0.01). In 47,5% of men, there is a nocturnal pollution, this rate is 36,7% in impotentia patient, and the rate of wet dream is 10,8%
Men ; Impotence ; Health ; epidemiology

After a 4 weeks of treatment by propyl thyouracil, the biochemical indices of Basedow disease had changed obviously: triiodothyronin (T3) high level (7.95 ± 1.58 nmol/l before treatment) had increased dramatically (1.98 ± 0.54 nmol/l), total thyroxin (T4) high level (257.56 ± 47.45 nmol/l before treatment) had decreased dramatically (1278.04 ± 10.82 nmol/l). FT4 serum level high level had decreased after treatment. TSF low level before treatment had increased. But after treatment glucose level had increased unsignificantly versus that before. In severe condition blood cholesterol had increased, but in moderate and mild condition, there was no change.
Blood ; Therapeutics ; Graves Disease