DIGESTIVE DISEASES IN ELDERLY AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH LENGTH OF STAY IN THE HEPATOLOGY AND GASTROENTEROLOGY UNIT OF THE CAMPUS TEACHING HOSPITAL OF LOME (TOGO).

Background: The digestive pathologies are frequent in the elderly and often have a latent and atypical symptomatology.

Objective: To assess the epidemiological and evolutionary current data on digestive diseases in the elderly, and look for factors associated with length of hospital stay.

Methods: Retrospective study of 10 years, including patients aged 60 and over hospitalized for digestive diseases in the Gastroenterology Department of the Campus Teaching Hospital of Lome, Togo.

Factors associated with the death of patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus hospitalized in the gastroenterology department of the Campus Teaching Hospital of Lomé, Togo.

Aim: To determine the factors associated with the death of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) while hospitalized in the hepato-gastroenterology department of the Lomé University Hospital, Togo.

Patients And Method: A retrospective cross-sectional study reviewed records covering a 10-year period from this department. It included all patients aged 15 years and older who were positive for HIV infection.

Hepatobiliary diseases in people with HIV infection at the Lome, Togo, University Hospital: epidemiologic and diagnostic aspects.

Purpose: To determine the epidemiological and diagnostic aspects of hepatobiliary diseases in people with HIV infection at the Lomé University Hospital.

Methods And Patients: This 5-year retrospective descriptive and analytic study included all people with HIV infection aged 15 years and older of either sex admitted with a hepatobiliary disease.

Results: Among all patients admitted for hepatobiliary diseases, people with HIV infection accounted for 2%.

Upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopic lesions in a rural African hospitalo: 252 endoscopies at the Kara University Hospital, Togo.

To analyze the indications for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGIE) and determine the frequency of the pathological findings observed in rural areas of Africa. This retrospective study includes 9 series of 5-day visits to perform these examinations. Patients were informed of the presence of the endoscopy team by a bulletin on a rural radio station and by general practitioners at the Kara University Hospital.

Pregnancy and cirrhosis: four cases at the Lome campus university teaching hospital (Togo).

To evaluate the hepatic and obstetric complications in pregnant women with cirrhosis. We report the cases of four pregnant women with cirrhosis treated in the gastroenterology and obstetrics-gynecology departments of the Lome Campus University Teaching Hospital between 2013 and 2015. The women's mean age was 32 years.