Prostatic hyperplasia is a common condition in people over the age of 50 and its incidence increases with age. It gives particular cause for concern when it is symptomatic. Drugs with potential adverse effects on lower urinary tract can induce symptoms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aims at assessing patients' quality of life during hemodialysis (HD) and determining influencing factors. This prospective study was conducted over a three-month period (December 1, 2012-February 28, 2013) at the Sylvanus Olympio University Hospital (CHU-SO) HD unit, the only center to provide such services in Togo. Respondents used the standard Medical Outcome Survey-Short Form 36 questionnaire.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The aim of our study was to estimate the prevalence of depression and to investigate its associated risk factors in patients with chronic renal failure on hemodialysis.
Methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study in the hemodialysis unit of the Division of Nephrology at the University Hospital of Sylvanus Olympio Lomé (Togo) from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014. Self-evaluation Scale as calibrated using the Beck Depression Inventory in his simplified version was our screening tool.
Goals: To determine the frequency of tuberculosis among hemodialysis patients in Togo, specify its different localizations and identify its diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties.
Patients And Methods: This was a retrospective study over a period of 5 years (2010-2015). It includes the records of periodic hemodialysis patients in the Nephrology Department of the Sylvanus-Olympio University Teaching Hospital in Lomé.