Publications by authors named "L Baptiste"
Ethnomedical knowledge of plants used in alternative medicine to treat hemorrhoidal diseases in Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga province, Southern Democratic Republic of Congo.
BMC Complement Med Ther
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- * Data was collected from 1,604 respondents, including households, herbalists, and traditional healers, revealing 100 plant taxa associated with hemorrhoid treatment, with Phyllanthus amarus being the most frequently cited.
- * Results highlight that many of these plants also serve other medical purposes, and the study identifies 14 plants newly recognized for hemorrhoid treatment, showing the rich diversity of traditional medicine in the region.
Ethnomedical Knowledge of Plants Used in Nonconventional Medicine for Wound Healing in Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga Province, DR Congo.
ScientificWorldJournal
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- A study was conducted in Lubumbashi to explore traditional medicinal plants used for wound healing, as no comprehensive inventory existed prior to this research.
- The survey involved interviews with over 2,900 individuals, identifying 166 plant taxa used for treating chronic wounds, with a notable emphasis on shrubs from the Fabaceae family.
- The findings highlighted various healing recipes, with leaves being the most commonly used part, and included 12 taxa recognized for the first time in medicinal use, underscoring the need for further validation of these traditional practices.
Introduction: Aging population leads to changes in the profile of patients with acute ischemic stroke (IS), and older adults were largely excluded from randomized clinical trials of acute revascularization therapy. This study aimed to assess functional outcomes of treated IS patients > 80 years old according to prior disability and identify associated factors.
Methods: Consecutively older patients with acute IS treated with either IV thrombolysis and/or mechanical thrombectomy were enrolled between 2016 and 2019.
Article Synopsis
- - The COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant decline in hospitalizations for myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke just before the nationwide lockdown in France, dropping by 36.5% for MI and 31.2% for stroke.
- - Hospitalization rates returned to pre-pandemic levels four weeks after the lockdown ended, but MI hospitalizations rebounded excessively compared to 2019.
- - COVID-19 patients were characterized by older age, male sex, and higher rates of hypertension, diabetes, and obesity, but there were no changes in the spatial distribution of hospitalizations over the analyzed periods.
Intracerebral hemorrhage accounts for approximately 15% of the 115,000 strokes occurring each year in France. Although therapeutic strategies are more limited than for ischemic stroke, major points in the management of intracerebral hemorrhage can reduce short term morbidity and mortality by limiting the expansion of the hematoma and the occurrence of early complications, and long term patients' outcome by reducing the risk of recurrence. This article aims to update the key elements that contribute to improve of the prognosis of intracerebral hemorrhage patients.
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