To evaluate the effects of zinc on chronic anorexic children, we have divided 132 chronic anorexic children aged 3-48 months old into two groups. The test group was supplemented with iron, vitamins and 10mg of elemental zinc daily orally while the control group was supplemented with iron, vitamins. The results have shown that appetite, energy intakes and growth rate in the test group were improved better than those in the control group (P<0.001; P<0.001; P<0.001 and P<0.025). Initial serum zinc concentration of the chronic anorexic children in the test group is concerned obviously with rehabilitations of energy intakes (P<0.002). Weight and height velocities of the anorexic children with low zinc concentration in test group were lower than those of the anorexic the test group (P<0.005; P<0.005). Zinc supplementation has clearly affected to treat chronic anorexia in children.
Complementary Therapies ; anorexia ; child ; zinc

Background: Paralysis has been eliminated in Vietnam in 2000. To maintain the achievement, Vietnam needs to have more than 90% of children under 1 age drinking 3 doses of OPV, controlling cases of acute flaccid paralysis and diagnosing for virology in laboratory to determine causes of the disease. Results of laboratory identifying Polio virus and enterovirus in patients with acute flaccid paralysis is evidence of successful in paralytic elimination annually in Vietnam.\r\n', u'Objectives: To of isolate polio virus and enterovirus in patients with acute flaccid paralysis suspected paralysis in 2005.\r\n', u'Subjects and methods: The study included 267 cases with acute flaccid paralysis from 29 provinces, cities in the North and six provinces in the Central of Vietnam during 2005.\r\n', u'Results:Results of surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis and indicators of samples tested in 2005 have reached the criteria regulated by the World Health Organization. 8 poliovirus strains and 56 other non-polio enterovirus strains were isolated from 538 stool specimens of above patients. All isolated poliovirus strains were confirmed as Sabin-like strains. 56 non-polio enterovirus strains included coxsaxkie A (3), conxsackieB (5), echoviruses (34), enterovirus 71 (1) and untyped enteroviruses (13). Wild polio virus was not isolated in 2005.\r\n', u'Conclusion: The result confirmed successfulness in maintaining of poliomyelitis free status in the North and 6 provinces of the Central of Vietnam in 2005.\r\n', u'\r\n', u'\r\n', u'
Paralysis ; Enterovirus ; Poliovirus

The retail price of some domestic produced medicines had the tendency to increase in line with the increase rate of consumption commodities from 2001 to April 2004. Some kinds of medicines had surveyed as follow: antibiotics; vitamines; reliever; antifebrile; anti- inflamatory; digestion drug, and other medicines. The variation of price of those medicines at that time compared with the rate of consumption commodities, the variation of rate of USA and EURO. The price of consumption commodities increased rate of 3.61% in 2002 compared with 2001. the price increased rate of 3.03% compared with 2003 and during 3 months of 2004 the price of consumption commodities increased 5.40% compared with 2003
Pharmaceutical Preparations ; Commerce ;

From the year 2001 to April 2004, the price medicines had got the tendency to increase. From May 2001 to Dec. 2002 the price seemed to be stable or changed no much, from 2003 the price tended to in crease, especially in March and April, then increased continously in early 2004 with an average rate of 30% from March 2003 to March 2004 due to the variation of the value of currency, particularly the euro, the shortage of management of medicinal supply the monopolist of foreign firms, the asynchronized state of law
Pharmaceutical Preparations ; Social Marketing ; Medicine

The expenditure structure and the sharing of the cost from in patients and out patient betweem subject with and without insurance subscriptive subject at commune and district level were analysed. Health Insurance service had supported importantly the subject at basic level especially the poors and the pensioneers who received 100% of allowance to access to the health care. Other expenditures, included also the gifts, from the insurance subscribers were higher consisderably than the subjects without insurance. For old person and pensioneers who hospitalized, these other expenditures account for high rate (60,91% at commune level and 60,32% at district level)
Health Expenditures ; Insurance

216 patients with thyroid pathology who had normal thyroid function were studied prospective with cytology examination by FNA method at hospital 103 from the year 2000 to 2003. Among them 69% had a compatobility between cutology and histopathology results, 27,3%no and 3,7% partly. With simple thyroid goiter diagnosed on cytology, the histopathology had defined 50% had accuracy. With a suspection of thyroid cancer as diagnosed cytologically, the histopathology had defined that 62,5% had cancer, accurately
Diagnosis ; Aspirations (Psychology) ; pathology

Thanks to investment and guide of Ministry of Health and National Project for malaria prevention, National Institute of Malariology - Parasitology – Entomology, from 1998 to 10 early months of 2003, malaria status have been gained stably in Ha Giang province. Three targets of the malaria control program: “reduction of morbidity, no death of malaria and no malaria outbreak” have always been gained. These achievements have been obtained due to Ha Giang have implemented well malaria prevention plans, increasing malaria surveillance. The frequent malaria surveillance in 10 early months of 2003 has helped to early detect and manage all malaria cases in the province
Malaria ; epidemiology ; prevention & control ; diagnosis ;

In 10 years recently, there is a big effort in the activities for investment of technological science, modernization of manufacture line and improvement the quality of the production. However, how does the effect of these activities that impact to each enterprise in particular and pharmacy in general still make a question without answer. So, researching and applying effectively evaluation methods in activities for investment for each enterprise in particular and pharmacy in general are necessary and useful matter
Pharmacy, Technology

The prevalence of caries of milk teeth was 62.6% of 6-10 -year -old age school children in Bac Kan province. There was no difference between boy and girl. 78.5% was the prevalence of periodontosis diseases. Candy consumption was a risk factor for caries (OR=4.62) and periodontosis (OR=0.15). For caries, no brushing of teeth was a risk factor (OR=4.54) and a factor causing high prevalence of periodontosis in children
Dental Health Surveys ; Risk Factors ; Child ; Oral Medicine

A retrospective survey on 31 cases of patent ductus arterious diagnosed echocardiographically at the National Institute of Pediatrics in 2000-2003 year period. The disease occurred mainly in prematurily newlyborn infants (74.2%) continuous murmur was found in 10%, systolic murmur in 90% of case in the average age of infant of 5.1  2 days. In premature newborn, their condition was usually combined with the post natal respiratory distress, while in immature newborn infants, it was congenital abnormality and fetal malnutrition. The most common sign was respiratory distress in combining with other respiratory pathologies (58.1%). On X-ray image, 73.1% had had large left heart, proportionally with the sign of urterial duct. The increase of pulmonary arterial pressure in medium levels was common. The > 3mm diameter of arterial duct had impacted to clinical features and hemohynamics of the patients.
Diagnosis ; Ductus Arteriosus ; Infant, Newborn ; Pediatrics