[Diagnosis of hematochezia in Abidjan Cocody University Hospital (Ivory Coast)].

Aim: To determine the prevalence of endoscopic lesions, according to age and location, in patients with rectal bleeding who underwent total colonoscopy.

Methods: Retrospective observational study examining records from the hepatogastroenterology department at the Cocody University Hospital (Abidjan) of colonoscopies for rectal examination from September 1, 1991, through August 15, 2007. The data collected and analyzed from the records included age, sex and colonoscopy results.

[Pediatric colonoscopy at the University Hospital of Cocody (Ivory Coast)].

No published data are available on pediatric colonoscopy in Ivory Coast (and only one report on pediatric gastroscopy). We conducted a retrospective study of all colonoscopy reports of procedures performed from 1 September, 1991, to December 31, 2010, at the University Hospital of Cocody in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) and examined the epidemiological aspects, conditions of performance, indications, and results of colonoscopy in patients younger than 18 years. Eleven of the total of 1 159 colonoscopies were performed in in this age group (0.

[Pediatric upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: experience in a hospital setting in Côte d'Ivoire].

Aims: The purpose of this report was to describe epidemiological aspects of endoscopic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy at a pediatric teaching hospital in Cocody, Côte d'Ivoire.

Materials And Methods: The records of all patients under 15 years of age who underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in the gastrointestinal endoscopy unit of a teaching hospital of Cocody between January 1, 2000 and April 30, 2006 were reviewed. The following parameters were compiled: age, sex, indications, name of endoscopist, type of sedation, gastric biopsy to detect Helicobacter pylori, and endoscopic findings.

Cisapride in pediatric gastroesophageal reflux.

Background: Gastroesophageal reflux is a common condition that in infants may lead to serious complication. This study assessed the efficacy and safety of oral cisapride suspension in the treatment of children 6 weeks to 2 years old with daily regurgitant reflux.

Methods: A randomized, prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted at three study sites.

Prolonged pH monitoring is of limited usefulness for gastroesophageal reflux.

Objective: To assess the diagnostic value of pH monitoring.

Design: A prospective study.

Setting: Pediatric university hospital serving as a secondary and tertiary referral center.