Expert Consensus on a List of Inappropriate Prescribing after Prescription Review in Pediatric Units in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Introduction: Inappropriate prescribing (IP) includes inappropriate prescription and omission of prescription. IP can adversely affect the quality of health care in pediatric units. A list of IP taking into account frequently encountered drug-related problems (DRPs) can be useful to optimize prescriptions in pediatrics.

Assessment of a Clinical Pharmacy Activity in a Pediatric Inpatient Department in Cote D'ivoire.

Background: Clinical pharmacy activities in a pediatric inpatient department help to improve the management of patients clinically and economically.

Objective: To assess the relevance of pharmaceutical interventions (PIs) in a pediatric inpatient department in Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire).

Materials And Methods: We carried out a cross-sectional, descriptive study from February to September 2014.

Pharmaceutical interventions in the management of tuberculosis in a pneumophtisiology department, Ivory Coast.

Objectives: This study aims to analyze the profile and relevance of pharmaceutical interventions (PIs) in the management of tuberculosis (TB) at inpatient settings.

Patients And Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study conducted from March to December 2014 within the inpatient unit of pneumophtisiology department, Ivory Coast. Information collected was based on the classification of drug-related problems (DRPs) and PIs outlined by the French Society of Clinical Pharmacy.

Assessment of the impact of adherence and other predictors during HAART on various CD4 cell responses in resource-limited settings.

Objective: The aim of this study was to quantify, by modeling, the impact of significant predictors on CD4 cell response during antiretroviral therapy in a resource-limited setting.

Methods: Modeling was used to determine which antiretroviral therapy response predictors (baseline CD4 cell count, clinical state, age, and adherence) significantly influence immunological response in terms of CD4 cell gain compared to a reference value at different periods of monitoring.

Results: At 6 months, CD4 cell response was significantly influenced by baseline CD4 count alone.

Effect on blood pressure of a dietary supplement containing traditional medicinal plants of Côte d'Ivoire.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: A medicinal composition containing salt (sodium chloride) is given as a traditional dietary supplement to hypertensive patients (TDSHP) in Côte d'Ivoire. It consists of whole plant of Bidens pilosa (Asteraceae) and fresh leaves of Moringa oleifera (Moringaceae).

Aim Of The Study: The aim of this study was to establish the scientific basis for the use of this traditional recipe rich in sodium chloride in hypertension settings.

[Modeling of antiretroviral response from taxonomy of CD4 cells count trajectories in profound immunodeficiency setting].

Modeling of CD4 cells counts response was performed through a Non-Hierarchical-descendant process with profoundly immunocompromised symptomatic patients under nevirapine or efavirenz-based antiretroviral regimen in Abidjan. Similar CD4 cells count trajectories have been modelled in meta-trajectories linked to patients' classes. Global immunological response is similar between "nevirapine group" and "efavirenz group" but the model showed an internal variation of this response in each group.

[Place of artemisinin derivatives as anti-malarial drugs in paediatric hospitalization in Abidjan].

The objective of this study is to analyze anti-malaria treatment and to appreciate the place of artemisinin and its derivatives in order to research rationality of prescriptions in paediatric hospitalization in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire). The investigation is based on a descriptive analysis related to 415 medical files constituting 646 prescriptions in four hospital centers. We considered therapeutic recommendations of PNLP (National Program Against Malaria) to analyse these prescriptions.