Publications by authors named "A R Moukaila"

Introduction: Tetanus still remains a public health problem in Togo despite the existence of the Expanded Program on Immunization.

Patients And Method: A retrospective and descriptive cohort study was performed from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2018 in the infectious and tropical diseases department of Sylvanus Olympio teaching hospital of Lome (Togo) on tetanus cases.

Results: We included 208 tetanus cases accounting for 6.

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Objective: To determine the hospital frequency of diabetic patients with a rapid decline in their renal function, to look for the associated factors.

Method: Descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study carried out over 12 months (May 1, 2019 to April 31, 2020). Were included all patients aged 18 and over, having achieved at least 3 creatinine during the previous 2 years but spaced at least 6 months apart and having an eGFR calculated from their last creatinine greater than 30 mL/min by the formula of CDK-EPI.

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Snakebite envenomation (SBE) is a public health issue in Africa, unfortunately neglected and underestimated. SBE is a medical emergency that can be devastating and lifethreatening. A retrospective study was performed from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016 in the general medicine department of the Regional Hospital Center (CHR), Sokodé.

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Background: We assessed whether a short training, effective in a high resource country, was able to improve the quality of face-mask ventilation (FMV) in a low resource setting.

Methods: Local healthcare providers at the Centre Médico-Social, Kouvè, Togo were asked to ventilate a neonatal leak-free manikin before (time-t1) and after (t2) a two-minute training session. Immediately after this section, a further two-minute training with participants aware of the data monitor was offered.

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