Monitoring of the bed time body temperature and body weight to prevent the occurrence of heat stroke in the Royal Thai Army recruits, Lopburi Province, Thailand.

Objective: Heat stroke is still an important health problem in Thai army recruits. The authors aimed to evaluate a new method for preventing heat stroke in the newly army recruits during basic training in May-June 2006, by monitoring the bed time body temperature and body weight.

Material And Method: One thousand one hundred and fifteen recruits from five army units in Lopburi Province, Thailand were enrolled in the present study.

Incidence and risk factors of Opisthorchis viverrini infections in a rural community in Thailand.

Opisthorchis viverrini infection is one of the major public health problems in Thailand. Although information about transmission of this parasite to humans is well established, infections are still prevalent in the northern and northeastern Thailand. Thus, prospective epidemiologic information is needed for developing more effective public health interventions.

How we teach military medicine to medical cadets at Phramongkutklao College of Medicine.

Phramongkutklao College of Medicine has a unique curriculum for "Military Medicine." Military Medicine involves prevention, threat assessment, evacuations and clinical management of diseases and injuries resulting from military occupational exposures. The Military Medicine curriculum covers all the entities of knowledge of Military Sciences, Combat Medical Skills, Military Preventive Medicine, Military Applied Physiology and Military Contingency Medicine.

Prevalence of disease and non-battle injury, anxiety and depression in the Royal Thai Armed Forces during the operation of the United Nations in Burundi.

Objective: To determine the prevalence and impact of common disease and non-battle injuries (DNBI) among the military personnel deployed to the operations of the United Nations (UN) in Burundi from June to December 2005.

Materials And Methods: The study population consisted of 175 Thai military personnel. A pre- and post deployment questionnaire assessing demographic data, general health, dental problems, underlying disease and health risk behaviors was performed.

Prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in pregnant women aged 30 to 34 years old at Phramongkutklao Hospital.

Objective: To assess the prevalence of GDM in pregnant women aged 30 to 34 years old who were screened by glucose challenge test (GCT) at Phramongkutklao Hospital.

Material And Method: The cross-sectional data were collected from 1332 pregnant women aged between 30-34 years who attended the antenatal care clinic and delivered at Phramongkutklao Hospital from March, 2003 to January, 2005. The 564 pregnant women aged between 30-34 years old who joined the project were tested by GCT at the gestational age of 24-28 weeks.

Viral hepatitis infections among dialysis patients: Thailand registry report.

Background: Patients on dialysis are at high risk of acquiring viral hepatitis infections. However, there were only few data from Thailand. The aim of the present study was to assess the prevalence, incidence and associated risk factors of viral hepatitis infections among dialysis patients.

Significance of antiphospholipid antibodies in lupus nephritis.

Background: Some autoantibodies have been associated with lupus nephritis but the role of antiphospholipid antibodies (APA) is controversial.

Objective: The present study was to explore the role of APA by comparing demographic profiles and the presence of anticardiolipin antibody (aCL) and lupus anticoagulant (LA) in systemiclupus erythematosus 1 (SLE) patients with and without nephritis.

Material And Method: The cross-sectional study in a tertiary center was conducted in 77 SLE patients.

Dietary behaviors and nutritional status of adolescents in a remote rural area of Thailand.

Introduction: Nutritional status among adolescents is an important health indicator. The up-to-date information about nutritional status and food consumption pattern in the remote rural area is required for the effective public health intervention in the rural area of the country. The present study aimed to demonstrate the prevalence of malnutrition, eating behavior and nutritional knowledge among secondary school students in a remote rural area in Thailand.

The correlations between Central Corneal Thickness and age, gender, intraocular pressure and refractive error of aged 12-60 years old in rural Thai community.

Objectives: To study the normal Central Corneal Thickness (CCT) and investigate the correlation between CCT and age, gender intraocular pressure and refractive error

Material And Method: Population of age 12-60 years old were interviewed with standard questionnaire. Refractive error was measured and graded according to spherical equivalent power. Then intraocular pressure and central cornea thickness were measured by applanation tonometer and ultrasonic pachymeter, respectively.

Teaching medical ethics: Phramongkutklao College of Medicine's model.

Background: Third-year (first preclinical year) Royal Thai Army (RTA) medical cadets were exposed to a rural community in a community medicine field activity. The poor, kind rural people gave good conditions for student's professional development and empathy.

Objectives: To report a community medicine field work activity for professional development of the RTA medical school.

Gemcitabine and radiotherapy in the treatment of uterine cervical cancer patients at Phramongkutklao Hospital.

Objectives: To determine response, complication and survival of uterine cervical cancer patients treated with concurrent gemcitabine radiotherapy.

Material And Method: A retrospective review of medical records of 41 patients with uterine cervical cancer patients, stage IIB and above treated with concurrent gemcitabine radiotherapy from August 2000 to August 2003.

Results: At 6 and 12 months of follow up, the complete response rate was 75.

Dyslipidemia in Thai rural adults.

The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of dyslipidemia in adults in a rural area of Thailand. Random sampling was conducted in 443 volunteers, 187 males and 256 females, aged > or = 35 years in Chachoengsao Province. After a 12-hour fast, the blood was drawn for the analysis of total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol.

Spore shedding pattern of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in asymptomatic children.

Stool samples from seven human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative and two HIV-positive children with asymptomatic Enterocytozoon bieneusi infections were daily examined to quantify spore shedding using Gram-chromotrope staining under light microscopy. The spore shedding pattern and intensity in these children was variable. Mean spore concentrations in the stool samples from these children ranged from 2.

Survey for intestinal parasites in Belize, Central America.

A stool survey was carried out in 5 villages in the Toledo district of the Central American country of Belize. Eighty-two percent of a total population of 672 participated. The stools were examined by the formalin-ethyl-acetate concentration technique.

The usefulness of short-term in vitro cultivation for the detection and molecular study of Blastocystis hominis in stool specimens.

When in vitro cultivation was used as the 'gold standard' for the detection of Blastocystis hominis in stool specimens, simple smear and trichrome staining showed sensitivities of 16.7% and 40.2% and specificities of 94% and 80.