Publications by authors named "E Goeh-Akue"

Article Synopsis
  • COVID-19 began in December 2019 in China and was declared a pandemic by March 2020, with Togo reporting its first case on March 5, 2020.
  • A survey conducted from April 23 to May 8, 2020, aimed to estimate the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among high-risk groups in Lomé, using oropharyngeal swabs and blood samples for testing.
  • Results showed a low overall prevalence of 1.6% among 955 participants, with government measures likely contributing to the low rates of infection, leading to a recommendation for targeted screening in these high-risk populations.
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Introduction: This study provides an analysis of the evolutionary, clinical and epidemiological aspects of pulmonary embolism at the University Hospital Campus of Lome.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective, analytic and descriptive study over a period of 39 months (November 1 , 2011- January 31, 2015). All the medical records of patients hospitalized for PE in the Department of Cardiology at the University Hospital Campus were analyzed.

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Aims: To determine the vascular age of patients suffering from stroke and their cardiovascular risk at 10 years and to compare their vascular age to their real age.

Material And Methods: It was about a descriptive and retrospective study carried up from 1st January 2012 to 31st December 2013 at the neurologic clinic of the University teaching hospital Sylvanus Olympio of Lome from patients' files with a confirmed diagnostic of stroke according to the clinical examination and the scanner data.

Results: One hundred and ninety-four patients were related to our study.

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