Publications by authors named "Hammadoun Dicko"
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- Lung ultrasound is an effective non-invasive tool for assessing lung injury in critically ill COVID-19 patients, especially in low-income settings like Mali.
- A study involving 156 patients showed that most had respiratory failure, with high feasibility and reproducibility in the ultrasound assessments.
- Findings revealed a significant correlation between lung ultrasound scores and oxygen levels, with higher scores linked to increased mortality, emphasizing the method's value in critical care decisions.
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.
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