Publications by authors named "Souleymane Camara"
Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the surgical safety checklist (SSC) to reduce postoperative morbidity and mortality; however, its use in low- and middle-income countries is still low.
Methods: We conducted a survey from January 2 to 22, 2024, in public hospitals' pediatric surgery departments and units in Senegal to assess the use of the WHO SSC or an adapted version.
Results: The participation rate was 100% (23 hospitals), with 11 second-level hospitals (47.
Article Synopsis
- Tuberculosis (TB) is a major health issue in Guinea, with many cases going undetected; an intensified case finding strategy involved pharmacies and drug outlets targeting customers buying cough suppressants.
- A study conducted in Conakry involved screening 916 individuals for TB, resulting in a 14% bacteriologically confirmed TB diagnosis, with gender and age influencing diagnosis likelihood.
- The intervention cost approximately $32.66 per person referred and $237.45 for those diagnosed, showing that using pharmacies as a TB detection point is both feasible and effective in boosting detection rates.
Introduction: The management of gastroschisis remains problematic in low- and middle-income countries with high perioperative mortality. The objective of this work was to make an initial assessment of our management of gastroschisis.
Materials And Methods: This was a monocentric and cross-sectional study including all newborns with gastroschisis between January 2017 and December 2021 in the Pediatric Surgery and Anesthesia Resuscitation Department of the Aristide Le Dantec University Hospital Center from Dakar.
Objective: Congenital malformations of the gastrointestinal tract are one of the major causes of neonatal mortality, especially in developing countries. The aim of this study is to assess the overall management of gastrointestinal malformations.
Patients And Methods: The study design is monocentric and retrospective.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiological, lesion, treatment and outcome of the 'floating elbow' in children.
Observations: It was two boys and a girl with a mean age of 7 years. The average consultation time was 3.
Setting: Since August 2016, after the Ebola outbreak, the Guinean National Tuberculosis Programme and Damien Foundation implemented the shorter treatment regimen (STR) for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in the three MDR-TB sites of Conakry. Previously, the longer regimen was used to treat MDR-TB.
Objectives: In a post-Ebola context, with a weakened health system, we describe the MDR-TB treatment uptake, patients characteristics, treatment outcomes and estimate the effect of using the longer versus STR on having a programmatically adverse outcome.
Impact of the Ebola virus disease outbreak (2014-2016) on tuberculosis surveillance activities by Guinea's National Tuberculosis Control Program: a time series analysis.
BMC Public Health
August 2020
Background: Most countries in Subsaharan Africa have well-established National Tuberculosis Control Programs with relatively stable routine performances. However, major epidemiological events may result in significant disruptions. In March 2014, the World Health Organization announced the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Guinea, a country with a high incidence of TB and HIV.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcute intestinal intussusception of the infant and the child: A 5-year study of 66 cases.
Afr J Paediatr Surg
January 2018
Background: Acute intestinal intussusception (AII) is defined as the telescoping of part of the intestine into the intestinal segment beneath it. The consequence is an obstruction and strangulation which can lead to necrosis of the intestinal tract that has telescoped. The aim of our work is, on the one hand, to assess our management style throughout analysis of clinical different aspects and on the other hand to set up a strategy for early diagnosis and treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Scooter accidents are becoming more frequent in Dakar. The purpose of this study is to report the epidemiological and lesional aspects of these accidents on children in Dakar.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective and descriptive study was conducted in Pediatric Surgery Unit of the Aristide Le Dantec Hospital in Dakar from January 1st, 2009 to December 31, 2011.