DIGESTIVE DISEASES IN ELDERLY AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH LENGTH OF STAY IN THE HEPATOLOGY AND GASTROENTEROLOGY UNIT OF THE CAMPUS TEACHING HOSPITAL OF LOME (TOGO).

Background: The digestive pathologies are frequent in the elderly and often have a latent and atypical symptomatology.

Objective: To assess the epidemiological and evolutionary current data on digestive diseases in the elderly, and look for factors associated with length of hospital stay.

Methods: Retrospective study of 10 years, including patients aged 60 and over hospitalized for digestive diseases in the Gastroenterology Department of the Campus Teaching Hospital of Lome, Togo.

Factors associated with the death of patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus hospitalized in the gastroenterology department of the Campus Teaching Hospital of Lomé, Togo.

Aim: To determine the factors associated with the death of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) while hospitalized in the hepato-gastroenterology department of the Lomé University Hospital, Togo.

Patients And Method: A retrospective cross-sectional study reviewed records covering a 10-year period from this department. It included all patients aged 15 years and older who were positive for HIV infection.

Hepatobiliary diseases in people with HIV infection at the Lome, Togo, University Hospital: epidemiologic and diagnostic aspects.

Purpose: To determine the epidemiological and diagnostic aspects of hepatobiliary diseases in people with HIV infection at the Lomé University Hospital.

Methods And Patients: This 5-year retrospective descriptive and analytic study included all people with HIV infection aged 15 years and older of either sex admitted with a hepatobiliary disease.

Results: Among all patients admitted for hepatobiliary diseases, people with HIV infection accounted for 2%.

Upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopic lesions in a rural African hospitalo: 252 endoscopies at the Kara University Hospital, Togo.

To analyze the indications for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGIE) and determine the frequency of the pathological findings observed in rural areas of Africa. This retrospective study includes 9 series of 5-day visits to perform these examinations. Patients were informed of the presence of the endoscopy team by a bulletin on a rural radio station and by general practitioners at the Kara University Hospital.

Pregnancy and cirrhosis: four cases at the Lome campus university teaching hospital (Togo).

To evaluate the hepatic and obstetric complications in pregnant women with cirrhosis. We report the cases of four pregnant women with cirrhosis treated in the gastroenterology and obstetrics-gynecology departments of the Lome Campus University Teaching Hospital between 2013 and 2015. The women's mean age was 32 years.

[Pancreatic cancer: Epidemiological, clinical, and management aspects in the department of hepatogastroenterology at the Lome Campus teaching hospital (Togo)].

Purposes: To study the epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory aspects of pancreatic pancreatic cancer in Togo, as well as its management.

Patients And Method: This retrospective, descriptive study includes patients diagnosed with such cancers over an 8-year period based on features observed on imaging (ultrasound and computed tomography).

Results: During the study period, 30 patients, accounting for 0.

[Knowledge of hepatitis B virus among outpatients consulting in the hepatogastroenterology department at the Lome Campus University Hospital].

Goal: To evaluate the knowledge abouthepatitis B virus (HBV) infection of patientsconsulting in the hepatogastroenterology department.

Materials/methods: This prospective, descriptive, and analytic study took place over a two-month period among outpatients in this department of the Lome Campus University Hospital.

Results: The study included 276 patients, predominantly male.

[Stomach cancer: Epidemiological, clinical and histological aspects at the Lome Campus teaching hospital (Togo)].

Purpose: To describe the epidemiological, clinical, and histological aspects of stomach cancer in the gastroenterology department of University Hospital Campus of Lome (Togo).

Methods: This retrospective descriptive and analytical study reviewed records of patients hospitalized for stomach cancer over an 8-year period.

Results: With 32 cases among the 250 gastrointestinal tract cancers over the study period, stomach cancer accounted for the largest proportion (12.

[The transfusion practice in the hepatogastroenterology department of the Campus Teaching Hospital of Lomé (Togo)].

Objective: To evaluate transfusion practice in the hepatogastroenterology department of the Campus Teaching Hospital of Lomé.

Methodology: This is a respective, descriptive and analytical study conducted from January 1 to December 31, 2013 on cases of in-patients' observation in the department. The cases of in-patients of more than 15 years old, having benefited from a blood transfusion were included.

[Hospital mortality associated with upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to ruptured esophageal varices at the Lomé Campus Hospital in Togo].

Aim: To study hospital mortality associated with upper gastrointestinal hemorrhages due to variceal bleeding in the department of hepatology and gastroenterology at the Lome Campus University Hospital.

Patients And Method: This retrospective cross-sectional and analytic study examined the 55 patients admitted for variceal bleeding on upper endoscopies during the 3-year period from January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2010.

Results: These patients accounted for 4.

[Prevalence of protein-energy undernutrition evaluated by the measurement of triceps skinfold thickness and mid-arm muscle circumference of 103 adults with cirrhosis of the liver hospitalized in the department of hepatology and gastroenterology of the Lomé Campus University Hospital (Togo)].

Objective: To evaluate by a reliable method the protein-energy nutritional status of adults hospitalized in the hepatology and gastroenterology department of the Lomé Campus University Hospital.

Methods: This cross-sectional prospective study conducted from March 1 to September 15, 2012, included 103 inpatients aged at least 16 years. The variables evaluated were: triceps skinfold thickness (TST), mid-arm muscle circumference (MAMC), serum albumin, CRP, and orosomucoid.

[Knowledge, attitudes, and practices relative to the risk of transmission of hepatitis B and C viruses in a hospital in Togo].

Objective: To assess the knowledge, the attitudes, and the practices of hospital nursing staff in relation to the infectious risks of the hepatitis B and C viruses.

Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive survey conducted at the Lome Campus Teaching Hospital among the nursing staff present during at least one of the 2 consecutive workdays of the survey.

Results: The total nursing staff included 190 people, 115 (60.

[Peritoneal tuberculosis and HIV infection in adults: 32 cases in Lome (Togo)].

The purpose of this prospective study is to describe a series of adult HIV-infected patients treated for peritoneal tuberculosis over a 36-month period in Lome, Togo. A total of 32 cases were included. Mean patient age was 38 years (range, 20 to 69).

[HIV/AIDS-related digestive tract emergencies in the Department of Gastroenterology of the Campus University Hospital in Lomé, Togo].

The purpose of this study was to describe digestive tract emergencies observed in adult HIV-infected patients at the Campus Teaching Hospital in Lomé, Togo. The files of patients admitted in emergency to the Gastroenterology Department of the Lomé Campus Teaching Hospital from January 2005 to December 2009 were retrospectively reviewed. All patients over the age of 15 years with positive HIV serology were included in the study group.