Promotion of Cardiovascular Health in Africa: The Alliance for Medical Research in Africa (AMedRA) Expert Panel.

This proposed scientific statement is focused on providing new insights regarding challenges and opportunities for cardiovascular health (CVH) promotion in Africa. The statement includes an overview of the current state of CVH in Africa, with a particular interest in the cardiometabolic risk factors and their evaluation through metrics. The statement also explains the main principles of primordial prevention, its relevance in reducing noncommunicable disease and the different strategies that have been effective worldwide.

Parietal hematoma of the small bowel due to anticoagulant overdose: A case report.

Anticoagulant-induced spontaneous small bowel hematoma is a rare cause of acute mechanical bowel obstruction. We report the case of a 77-year-old patient with complete arrhythmia due to atrial fibrillation under acenocoumarol 4mg daily who was seen for right iliac fossa pain. The laboratory tests showed a prothrombin rate (PT) of 12%, an International Normalized Ratio (INR) of 6, and an aPTT (activated partial thromboplastin time) of 43 seconds.

[Atrial fibrillation in three cardiological reference centers in Dakar: Senegal data from the AFRICA register survey].

Introduction: atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac rhythm disorder. Its prevalence is underestimated in Africa, hence the initiation of the Atrial Fibrillation Registry In Countries of Africa (AFRICA). The aim of our study was to describe, within the framework of the AFRICA registry, the epidemiological, clinical, paraclinical, therapeutic and evolutionary aspects of atrial fibrillation (AF) in Africa, particularly in Senegal.

Point-of-care ultrasound for tuberculosis management in Sub-Saharan Africa-a balanced SWOT analysis.

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is an increasingly accessible skill, allowing for the decentralization of its use to nonspecialist healthcare workers to guide routine clinical decision-making. The advent of ultrasound-on-a-chip has transformed the technology into a portable mobile health device. Because of its high sensitivity to detect small consolidations, pleural effusions, and subpleural nodules, POCUS has recently been proposed as a sputum-free likely triage tool for tuberculosis (TB).

[COVID 19 in intensive care: epidemiological, clinical and prognostic aspects in Bamako].

Objective: to report the epidemiological, clinical, paraclinical and therapeutic characteristics of the first COVID 19 patients in intensive care.

Patients And Method: retrospective descriptive and analyticalstudy over 4 months, covering all adult patients tested positive for SARS-Cov-2 and admitted to intensive care.

Results: 49 patients, 35 men and 14 women (2% of cases) were admitted to intensive care.

First Malian series of surgery for rheumatic valve disease: opening of the centre, clinical features and peri-operative realities.

Introduction: Over the past two decades, the incidence of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and chronic rheumatic heart disease (RHD) have dramatically declined in wealthier regions of the world as a result of preventative programmes, improved living standards and access to cardiac surgery. Nevertheless, ARF and RHD are still public health problems in less-developed regions of the world such as Oceania, south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

Aim: We report on clinical, therapeutic and prognostic aspects as well as the difficulties encountered during this first series of surgery for rheumatic valve disease in Mali.

Cardiac pacing challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa environnement: experience of the Cardiology Department of Teaching Hospital Aristide Le Dantec in Dakar.

Background: Cardiac pacing is a growing activity in Sub-Saharan Africa. There is little data on the characteristics of this interventional treatment in our regions. The goal was to evaluate the results of cardiac pacing in a referral service in sub-Saharan Africa.

The effectiveness and safety of introducing condom-catheter uterine balloon tamponade for postpartum haemorrhage at secondary level hospitals in Uganda, Egypt and Senegal: a stepped wedge, cluster-randomised trial.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of introducing condom-catheter uterine balloon tamponade (UBT) for postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) management in low- and middle-income settings.

Design: Stepped wedge, cluster-randomised trial.

Setting: Eighteen secondary-level hospitals in Uganda, Egypt and Senegal.

[Recurrent retroperitoneal hematoma due to viperine envenomation: case study].

Ophidian envenomations are a public health problem in Africa, causing 20.000 annual deaths. This mortality reflects the difficulties in the management of these complications, in particular of bleeding complications.

[Acute Complications Of Snakebite Envenomation In Department Resuscitation Of CHU-Mother Child "Luxembourg" Of Bamako].

Unlabelled: Envenomation by snakebite remains a public health problem in Africa. The purpose of our work was to study the acute complications of snakebite envenomation and the risk factors for its complications.

Method: This was a retrospective and prospective study over a period of 07 years, which was performed in the department of anesthesia resuscitation and emergencies of CHU-Mother Child "Luxembourg" of Bamako.

[Direct cost of traumatic brain management in Hospital of Ségou Mali: What funding for care management in Mali?].

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is the second cause of admission in the emergency department at the Nianankoro Fomba hospital of Ségou. Young adults with low income are the most affected. The objective of this study is to evaluate the direct cost of the management of TBI at the emergency ward and to make a proposal for future financing of this management in Mali.

[Epidemiological, clinical and evolving HIV-positive patients referred to the University Hospital of Point G, Bamako, Mali].

We conduct a longitudinal descriptive study in the department of infectious diseases to CHU of Point G during 18 months. It concerned adult patients referred from another care center. All the patients underwent systematic clinical examination and complementary exploration.

[Seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus among blood donors in Segou, Mali].

The purpose of this retrospective study, which examined data collected from January 2007 through September 2010, was to evaluate the seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) among 2946 new blood donors at the Nianankoro Fomba Hospital (NFH). The overall seroprevalence of HIV was 0.88%, of HBV 5.

[Problems related to informing families of patients in intensive care unit AT CHU Gabriel Touré (Mali)].

Introduction: The admission of a patient in intensive care justified by the severity of the disease, is a stressful situation for his heirs. A fair and understandable information is a major component of the process quality of care.

Objective: Evaluate the practice of informing families of patients and their satisfaction in intensive care unit.

Coma in the elderly: Etiological factors, management, and prognosis in the department of anesthesia and intensive care.

Objective: To study the etiologies, therapeutic and prognosis factors of coma in the elderly in the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care of Gabriel TOURE Teaching Hospital, Mali.

Materials And Methods: This was a prospective descriptive study of all cases of coma in the elderly, registered from February 1, 2008 to January 31, 2009 at the Department of Anesthesiology CHU Gabriel Touré, Bamako.

Results: During the study period, 564 patients were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) in which 174 (30.

[Problems with the management of myocardial infarction at the Desegou Hospital].

Introduction: Myocardial infarction is a major emergency involving life-threatening in the absence of appropriate treatment. The aim of this study was to analyze the problem of management of myocardial infarction in a second reference hospital in Mali.

Patients And Methods: This was a prospective descriptive study over a period of six months from January to June 2010.

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Introduction: Myocardial infarction is a major emergency involving life-threatening in the absence of appropriate treatment. The aim of this study was to analyze the problem of management of myocardial infarction in a second reference hospital in Mali. PATIENTS AND METHODS : This was a prospective descriptive study over a period of six months from January to June 2010.

[Epidemiological and clinical profile of traffic accident victims at the emergency department of the University Hospital of Gabriel Touré].

Object: Studying the Epidemiological and clinical profile of accidents on public ways at the welcome service of emergencies, CHU Gabriel Touré within the scope of accident reduction on public ways and an improvement of their taking in charge.

Methodology: Retro prospective study over a three-year- period including all the files of any patient emitted for accident happening on public ways without regard to race and sex.

Result: Over a three-year-period (from January 2007 to December 2009).

[Maternal mortality at the Gynecology-Obstetrics Service of the Segou Regional Hospital Center of Mali. Retrospective study of 138 cases].

Maternal mortality remains a serious threat especially to developing countries. We proposed to determine the frequency, causes and contributing factors to maternal mortality in order to improve the quality. of care.

[Mitral valve repair for rheumatic valve disease in children in Senegal: a review of 100 cases].

Mitral valve repair is a better therapeutic alternative than valve replacement for rheumatic valve disease in children. Repair procedures are especially well suited to developing countries where heart prostheses and life-long anti-coagulation therapy are largely unaffordable. The purpose of this study was to evaluate medium-term outcome of mitral valve repair in children in Senegal.