Aim: Hemodialysis is the only method of renal replacement in Mali. Purpose of this work: to study the evolution of chronic hemodialysis.
Patients And Methods: In a retrospective study, we used the medical charts of 150 patients.
For a long time, pregnancy in chronic hemodialysis was considered medically contraindicated, because of the many maternal complications that it could cause. Its management is as heavy for the medical teams (nephrologist, obstetrician and neonatologist) as for the patient herself. We report here a case of pregnancy in a dialysis patient observed at the Madeleine clinic in Dakar, Senegal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Cardiovascular abnormalities are frequent and often early, severe and masked in patients with renal impairment. These cardiovascular complications are the main causes of death in hemodialysis patients. The diagnosis of these cardiovascular anomalies by cardiac ultrasound allows the individualization of patients at high cardiovascular risk.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Nocardiosis is a rare disease with polymorphic presentations. The epidemiology and clinical presentation could change with the increasing number of immunocompromised patients.
Methods: The medical records and microbiological data of patients affected by nocardiosis and treated at the university hospitals of Marseille between 2004 and 2014 were analyzed retrospectively.
Objective: Determine prevalence of the depression in a population of patients chronic hemodialysis. Look for the associated sociodemographic, clinical and biological factors.
Method: It was a transverse study.