[Patients living with human immunodeficiency virus on antiretroviral therapy diagnosed with lipid and carbohydrate disorders who are at risk of cardio-vascular disease: study conducted at the Medical Centre of the ONG Espoir Vie in Lomé].

Antiretroviral drugs are responsible for side effects or undesirable effects. These may include redistribution of adipose tissue and disorders of the lipid or carbohydrate metabolism. Given the growing number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) on antiretroviral therapy, it is necessary to assess the frequency of disorders of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in patients who are on antiretroviral therapy (ARV).

[Circumstances of diagnosis of diabetes mellitus at the Sylvanus Olympio University Hospital in Lomé].

The purpose of this study was to describe the different circumstances in which diabetes mellitus was detected in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Sylvanus Olympio University Hospital in Lomé. We conducted a retrospective and descriptive study in the Department of Internal Medicine, at the Sylvanus Olympio University Hospital in Lomé from January 2015 to December 2017. During the study period, 307 patients with diabetes mellitus were admitted to our Department, of whom 104 did not know to have diabetes.

[Knowledge, attitudes and practices of the populations of the city of Lomé relating to prevention of schistosomiasis: a case study conducted in the Canton of Légbassito].

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices of the populations relating to schistosomal infestation.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study of knowledges, attitudes and practices of the population of the township of Légbassito relating to schistosomiasis. The sampling calculated on the basis of the population of the township by the software DosBox 0.

[Diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic features of gestational diabetes at the Sylvanus Olympio University Hospital Center].

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to describe the diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic features of gestational diabetes at the Sylvanus Olympio University Hospital Center.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective descriptive study over a period of 5 years from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2017. It involved 125 pregnant women who had given birth in the Department of Internal Medicine and in the Gyneco-Obstetric Department.

Factors associated with early sexual intercourse among teenagers and young adults in rural south of Benin.

Early initiation to sexual intercourse increases the risk of sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS and early or unwanted pregnancies. This study aimed identifying the factors associated with the early initiation to sexual intercourse among teenagers and young adults aged 10-24, in the south of Benin. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the south of Benin where 360 respondents were selected by random cluster sampling.

[Epidemiological, diagnostic, therapeutic and evolutionary features of diabetic foot: a study conducted at the Medico-surgical Clinic, University Hospital Sylvanus Olympio in Lomé].

Background: Diabetic foot is a common and severe complication of diabetes. This study aimed to determine the epidemiological, diagnostic, therapeutic and evolutionary features of diabetic foot at a Hospital in Lomé (Togo).

Methods: We conducted a retrospective, descriptive study from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2015 (5 years) at the Medico-surgical Clinic, University Hospital Sylvanus Olympio in Lomé All patients hospitalized for diabetic foot during the study period were enrolled.

[Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the populations admitted in the emergency service of the Campus University Hospital (Lome)].

Aims: The objectives were to determine the prevalence of psychiatric emergencies and establish the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of these patients.

Methodology: Our work was set in the Clinic of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology and Medical Emergency Service of the University Hospital S. Olympio.

[Care mechanisms and therapeutic aspects of the management of psychiatric emergencies in the Campus University Hospital (Lome)].

Introduction: the objectives were to describe the mechanisms of psychiatric emergency care in a context of limited human resources and the existing therapeutic modalities within the general evaluation framework of the activity of the emergency service.

Methodology: Our study was set in the Clinic of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology (CPMP) and the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) of the Campus University Hospital (Lome). It was a prospective study including a descriptive and analytical focus involving patients admitted from January 1 to December 31, 2013.