A cross-sectional study on knowledge and attitude toward weight gain was carried out on 659 pregnant women to identify factors associated with actual weight gain of pregnant women. The results showed that 36.6% of the women had a weight gain in the last trimester below 4kg, in which 19% below 3kg. While only 55.4% pregnant women agreed the recommended weight gain of 10-12kg during pregnancy, majority of pregnant women (85.1%) had positive attitude toward eating a well diet if it meant to have a baby with sufficient weight at birth. There was a statistically significant relationship between weight gain and attitude toward eating a well diet in the last trimester (p=0.009). However, less than half of women, 17.5% and 44.5% had correct knowledge about how much weight a mother should gain during pregnancy and in the last trimester, respectively. Knowledge of the women on the relationship between weight gain and birth weight of babies related significantly with actual weight gain (p<0.05). The results suggested that knowledge and attitude favoring wealthy babies may relate to higher maternal weight gains during pregnancy.
Pregnant Women ; Knowledge ; Weight Gain

The study was carried out to examine the proliferation in vitro of Polyscias fruticosa (L.) Harms. Results: Using HgCl 2 with concentration of 0.1% within 15 minutes and H2O2 within 30 minutes was the best of decontamination time. With the time, the live rate was >80%. Meristems of the branch of Polyscias fruticosa (L.) Harms were induced to develop into plantlets in a medium containing MS-minerals and 2.0 mg/l kinetin. In this medium, an average of 3.4+-0.62 shoots in about 60 days. 100% rooting of the shoots were induced in MS medium supplemented with 1.0 mg/l IBA in 30 days. Rooted planted were grown in the green house.
Araliaceae ; Greenhouse Effect

52 cases of visceral parasitic infestation with eosinophilia were studied at Dong Nai Pediatric Hospital from April 2003 to July 2004. The most common symptoms were abdominal pain, headache, ecchymosis. In addition there were other manifestation such as at respiratory tract, joints, kidney. The symptoms had suggested visceral parasitic infection in children although there was no eosinophilia. Thus only serological examination was recommended
Diagnosis ; Child ; Eosinophilia ; Parasitic Diseases

In 7 points of 4 provinces and cities: Hanoi, HCM city, Hoa Binh and Nam Dinh, 1800 cases of artificial abortion were performed. 88.6% were at the age ranged from 21-40, among them 19.4$ were celibacy most were adolescent. A majority of cases of abortion were carried out in state health instititions
Abortion, Legal ; epidemiology

Study of the situation of medicine use on 4004 patients including 1492 poor patients who examined and treated in 50 hospitals of 10 provinces and cities in Viet nam. The results showed that: There is no difference in the quantity of medicine used for treatment between poor patients and obligatory health insurance patients with patients paying hospital fees. However, in terms of quality, poor patients and obligatory health insurance patients used more domestic medicine. This was more obvious in district hospitals and in hospitals in the northern areas. The percentage of patients who had to buy additional medicine or all medicine outside of hospital is lower in district hospitals than in provincial hospitals. Poor in-patients received almost all drugs for treatment. Patients paying hospital fees had the highest percentage in buying medicine outside of hospital
Pharmaceutical Preparations ; Hospitals ; Medical facilities

Random study on 1.552 households including 7.489 people in 30 communes of 3 districts of Thua Thien Hue to evaluate the accessibility to public health basis and using some health care services of households with different income levels. The result showed that: the big gaps between the families' incoming (13 times) prevented people from accessing health service due to high cost, so governmental support policies in health care help the people reduce the burden of cost. The disease rate of the poor was higher than the rich. However, the poor came to the hospital more frequently than the rich regardless of lacking health insurance support
Delivery of Health Care ; Epidemiology ; Community Health Services

Retrospective study included 6894 babies were born at Bach Mai Hospital from 1995 to 1999. Sex ratio was 51.1% boys versus 48.9% girls. Over-term fetal rate tended to increase (5.53%). Rate of cesarean section increased (19.38%). Average weight of infants was 3037 +/- 566g. Risk factors related to abnormalies of reproductive system: rate of congenital malformation was 0.88%, age of parents were under 20 years old at higher risk factor for having premature newborns with congenital malformation and low birth weight than older group. Parents who work in agricultural field have higher risk of having premature newborns with congenital malformation and low birth weight than those work in other fields. Women who had 3 deliveries or more wer more likely to have children with abnomalies than others
Infant, Newborn ; Diagnosis

There were 354 women (model 1: diagnosis and treatment of reproductive tract inflammation syndrome) and 362 women (model 2: diagnosis and origin treatment combined with microorganism test) participated in this study. They took part in interview, clinical examination and microorganism test before and after applying preventive model of reproductive tract inflammation for women at reproductive age at 4 communes of Ha Tay province. The model that included propaganda combined with treatment at community had satisfactory results in enhancing knowledge about prevention of reproductive tract inflammation. This model reduced the ratio of women with reproductive tract inflammation. A number of women had good knowledge increased by 228.1% while the number of women had poor knowledge reduced by 78.5%. The average treatment cost using model 1 is 42,496 VND, model 2 is 49,270VND.
Genital Diseases, Female ; Inflammation ; Women ; Therapeutics ; Preventive Medicine

Rotavirus is one of the major causes of pediatric gastroenteritis and diarrhea. Based on the Rota/Adeno combistick one-step test for rotavirus and adenovirus in human feces, the authors studied causes of pediatric diarrhea. Some results: the rate of diarrhea induced Rotavirus accounted for 64.4%, mainly in children under 2 year of age. The highest prevalence of the rotavirus diarrhea is experienced in cool months of the year. Clinical symptoms were diarrhea and vomiting. Vomiting presented in 54.9% of cases.
Diarrhea ; Rotavirus

Experimental animal were 20 New Zealand rabbit with two sexes, weight of 2.30.3 kg. Experimental drug was Dia Long was prepared into smooth powder, put into gelule with content 0.25 (MD gelule) was made in Pharmaceutical Department of Military Traditional Medicine Institute. After 30 days receiving Dia Long with dose of 0.5 g/kg/day, the rabbits were still normal, rapid activities, good appetite, dry dung, smooth hair; didn’t experience hair falling out or dry hair. There wasn’t any rabbits experienced digestive disorder. There was no difference on hematological indices, biochemical indices of liver and kidney functions, serum electrolyte and clinical symptoms between control group and trial group after using drug. Histological damages of liver and kidney weren’t significant different between control group and case group
Pharmaceutical Preparations ; Medicine, Traditional ; Animal Experimentation