Serological profile of hepatitis B in children after the introduction of its vaccination in Burkina Faso.

Viral hepatitis B is a public health issue. We establish the children serological profile of hepatitis B in Bobo-Dioulasso, six years after the introduction of hepatitis B vaccine into the Expanded Program on Immunization. This was a descriptive study of prospective data collection carried out in the Department of Pediatrics and the laboratory of virology of the Centre MURAZ of Bobo-Dioulasso between March 2013 and May 2013.

[Diabetic ketoacidosis in children: epidemiological and prognostic aspects].

Introduction: In Congo, data on diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in children are old and rare. This study aims to describe the sociodemographic features of DKA and to identify risk factors for mortality.

Patients And Methods: We conducted an analytical study on DKA in childred at the University Hospital in Brazzaville over the period from January 2013 to June 2016.

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Parents Facing Child and Adolescent Obesity in Brazzaville, Congo.

The study aimed to assess obesity-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices of parents when facing child and adolescent obesity in order to improve the quality of care. A case-control study was conducted from February 1 to July 1, 2013. The study compared parents of obese school children (group 1 or cases; n = 254) and those school children without obesity (group 2 or controls; n = 254).

[Psychosocial issues of mothers whose children have sickle cell disease].

Objectives: To study and describe the psychological responses (depression and anxiety), the coping strategies, and the impact of sickle cell disease on the quality of life (QOL) of mothers.

Patients And Methods: A cross-sectional study of mothers with affected children was conducted at the university hospital center of Brazzaville, between February and April 2014. Hamilton and Beck scales, the Brief-COPE, and the Short Form Health Survey were used to assess anxiety, depression, coping strategies, and QOL, respectively.

Study of 9 Cases of Tuberculosis Pneumonia in Children at Chu of Brazzaville, Congo.

In the Republic of Congo, a country where tuberculosis is endemic, there have not been many reports about tuberculosis pneumonia. This study aimed to describe the epidemiology, clinical features, and outcome of tuberculosis pneumonia in children. This was a retrospective study of 9 cases of children admitted from 2002 to 2015, that is, 0.

Sickle-Cell Disease Healthcare Cost in Africa: Experience of the Congo.

Background. Lack of medical coverage in Africa leads to inappropriate care that has an impact on the mortality rate. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the cost of severe acute sickle-cell related complications in Brazzaville.

[Study of 11 new cases of Kawasaki disease Congolese].

Kawasaki's disease (KD) is a rarely described entity in Africa. The purpose of this work is to describe the clinical, biological and evolutionary aspects of KD in the Congolese child. This is a retrospective study of 11 cases of KD collected from 2003 to 2014 at the University Hospital of Brazzaville.

[Epidemiology and outcome of Congolese children who had surgery for heart defects].

Aims: to determine the principal heart defects for which children underwent surgery and to determine the survival rate.

Patient And Methods: this retrospective cohort study involves Congolese babies treated surgically from September 1989 to September 2010 in France for congenital heart defects (through "Mécénat chirurgie cardiaque" and "Chaîne de l'espoir"). It includes only 110 of the 182 recorded patients during the study period.

[Short-term prognosis of heart diseases managed at the pediatric intensive care unit of the Brazzaville University Hospital].

Objective: To determine the main heart diseases of children admitted to our pediatric intensive care unit.

Patients And Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2011 (January to December) in the pediatric intensive care of the Brazzaville University Hospital.

Results: The study included 42 children, 27 of them girls (64.

[Priapism in children and adolescents with homozygous sickle cell disease in Brazzaville].

Objective: To determine the prevalence of priapism, assess knowledge and appreciate its characteristics in childhood sickle cell disease.

Methodology: A case-control study was conducted at the University Hospital of Brazzaville (Department of Pediatrics, Hematology and Clinical Urology). The cases consisted of 202 sickle cell anemia who are at least 5 years.

[Tooth decay in school environment at Brazzaville (Congo)].

Aim: To determine the frequency of dental caries and habits that can be the cause of this disease in Brazzaville.

Methods: A prospective study was conducted in primary schools between February and May 2010. This study involved a sample of 307 students of both sexes, aged 4-15 years from school in the city of Brazzaville.

[Prescription of antibiotic drugs for children at the Brazzaville University Hospital Center (Congo)].

Unlabelled: Antibiotics are a class of drugs commonly prescribed in pediatric practice, often inappropriately.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of antibiotic prescription in hospitalized children, assess the quality of prescribing, and identify factors related to inappropriate prescriptions.

Methods: This retrospective study was conducted from July through December 2009 (6 months).

[Determinants of cerebral malaria in Congolese children].

Malaria still constitutes a worrying problem of public health. It remains an important cause of infant mortality. To determine the determinants of severe malaria a case control study was carried out from July to December 2011 in the pediatric intensive care department of the university hospital of Brazzaville.

[Scarification in children hospitalized in Congo].

Objective: The purpose of this report is to describe the epidemiologic, prognostic and clinic features of scarification in children in Congo.

Material And Method: A transversal study of scarification was conducted from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2008 in children hospitalized in neonatology and pediatrics department of Loandjili General Hospital.

Results: During the study period, therapeutic scarifications were observed in 130 patients including 74 (56.

[Discharge of children against medical advice at CHU of Brazzaville (Congo)].

In a prospective study conducted from January to December 2010 in the Teaching Hospital of Brazzaville (Congo), we compared the discharge of hospitalized children against medical advice at the parents' request (group 1 - cases) with those admitted during same period with routine discharge (group 2 - controls). Two hundred and seven (7.7%) hospitalized children, 117 boys and 90 girls, were discharged at the parents request.