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BACKGROUND: The Lao PDR is a landlocked country with 5,920,000 inhabitants for which very few epidemiological studies on cancer have been performed. The aim of the present study was to examine cancer mortality in 2007-2008. METHODS: A descriptive cancer epidemiology protocol was designed with a data collection form and guideline for both demographics and list of all deaths from all 757 local Health Centers of 17 provinces/ cities. Five indicators, name, age, sex, date of death and the cause of death (ICD-10), were collected for each case. The age-specific cancer mortality rate and ASRs per 100,000 were estimated. RESULTS: There were 448 cancer cases reported from Health Centers within 7 of 17 provinces/cities. Number of person-years was 654,459 for the two-year period. Cancer mortality rates of all sites (ASR) were 116.7 and 97.2 per 100,000 in males and females, respectively. The five most common cancers causing mortality per 100,000 were liver (52.2), followed by colorectal (19.0), lung (17.3), stomach (6.9), and leukemia-lymphoma (7.2) in males and liver (28.4); followed by colorectal (19.0), lung (14.0), cervical uteri (9.2) and stomach (7.1) in females. CONCLUSIONS: Liver and colorectal cancers were the first and second most common, respectively, in both males and female.
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Neoplasms/epidemiology , Neoplasms/mortality , Adolescent , Adult , Age Distribution , Aged , Child , Child, Preschool , Data Collection , Female , Humans , Infant , Laos/epidemiology , Male , Middle Aged , Neoplasms/pathology , Registries/statistics & numerical data , Sex Distribution , Survival Rate , Young AdultABSTRACT
Labour induced effect of misoprostol in comparing with oxytoxin on the ending 3rd trimestre of pregnancy was studied in 180 subjects at the Central Hospital of Gynecology and Obstetrics from January 1997 to January 2003. In 89.89% of misoprostol applicants and 67.78% of oxytoxine applicant success were reached. Labour induced meantime of misoprostol applicants 6.25 2.07 hours, oxitoxine 4.31 2.29 hours. Vaginal tract delivery in 88.3% of misoprostol applicant group and 70% of oxytoxine. Caesarian section 27.78% in misoprostol group, lower than oxytoxine group 44.44%.
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Misoprostol , Oxytocin , Pharmaceutical PreparationsABSTRACT
90 cases of pregnancy termination by vaccum at the 6th –12th week of gestation, using misoprostol vaginal insertion with cervix prepared 3 hours before this operation were performed at the Central Hospital of Gynecology and Obstetrics from December 2003 to February 2004. The subjects had received intravaginal 400mg Misoprostol 3h befor the vacuum aspiration of the fetus. Results showed the success rate of 96.67%, the mean dilatation of cervix reached 8.1 0.92mm.
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Pregnancy , Pregnancy Trimester, First , MisoprostolABSTRACT
A randomised controlled clinical trial was performed on 180 pregnant women with indications for labour induction who were divided into 2 groups. Groups 1: each pregnant woman received 50 μg intravaginal misoprostol every 4h (total 250 μg). Group 2: intravenous oxyticin to induce the labour. The successful rate of misoprotol group was 89,89%, higher than oxytocin group- 70%. The interval from induction to vaginal delivery was longer in misoprostol group (8,47± 2,85h verus 6,45± 2,64h)
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Labor, Induced , Misoprostol , OxytocinABSTRACT
From Dec. 2003 to Feb 2004, 90 women of 6-12 week pregnancy received 100 μg intra vaginal misoprostol 3 hours before intervention at central Hospital of Ggn. and Obst. 96,67% had got success, with the mean cervical dilatation of 8,1± 0,92mm. Side effect manifested in 2,2% of patients
