Maternal risk factors for low birth weight newborn in Thailand.

The present study assesses the risk approach for maternal risk factors for LBW newborn in Thailand. This study can be considered as a managerial tool for developing local strategies and is particularly useful in the field of maternal and child health care. A summary of maternal risk factors for LBW newborn as listed in Table 7 and can be used as a health educational tool for pregnant women and as basic data for marital counseling. It can also be used to keep the public informed about the maternal risk factors for LBW newborn which will help Thai women of reproductive age avoid the chance of having such babies.

Itraconazole in the treatment of acute vaginal candidosis.

An open non-comparative multicenter study of Itraconazole (Sporal) 400 mg as a single day therapy for vaginal candidosis was carried out at Siriraj Hospital and Chulalongkorn Hospital from 1st November 1988 to 31st August, 1989. Fifty-nine female out patients with vaginal candidosis were included in the study after excluding pregnancy, lactation, mixed vaginal infection and prior antimycotic therapy. Two capsules of 100 mg Itraconazole were given b.i.d. as a single day 400 mg dose. The patients were evaluated at the beginning prior to treatment for physical signs and symptoms, direct microscopic examination, and culture of vaginal fluid. The first and second follow-up were arranged at the end of one week and one month after therapy. The evaluations were the same as in the first visit. The clinical cure rate was 89 and 90 per cent at first and second follow-up respectively. The mycological cure rates were 83.3 and 69.57 per cent at the first and second follow-up respectively. There was one case of Torulopsis glabarta at the second follow-up.