[Hospital frequency of non-epileptic psychogenic seizures in Bamako].

Diagnosing a non-epileptic seizure is difficult in the absence of a video electroencephalogram. The expert commission of the international league against epilepsy proposes a diagnostic approach allowing the diagnosis to be made according to a degree of certainty with or in the absence of a video electroencephalogram. Our objective was to determine the hospital frequency of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures in the absence of video-electroencephalogram.

Leptospirosis Cases among Outpatients with Non-Malaria Fever Attending Primary Care Clinics during the Rainy Season in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.

Leptospirosis is presumably an important cause of non-malarial fever in West Africa. In this study, outpatients consulting in primary care clinics during the rainy season were tested for leptospirosis, and clinical characteristics associated with leptospirosis cases were explored. Patients with fever ≥ 39°C were recruited in nine primary health care centers in Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso).

Characteristics of obstetric urogenital fistulas in a regional teaching hospital in Burkina Faso: a retrospective cross-sectional study.

Introduction: Obstetric fistula (OF) remains a major public health problem in low-income countries. This study aimed to investigate the sociodemographic, clinical, and therapeutic characteristics of obstetric urogenital fistulas in a regional teaching hospital in Burkina Faso.

Methods: a retrospective cross-sectional study from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2019 included 50 women who underwent OF surgery repair in the regional teaching hospital of Ouahigouya in Burkina Faso.

Investing in preparedness for rapid detection and control of epidemics: analysis of health system reforms and their effect on 2021 Ebola virus disease epidemic response in Guinea.

The 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Epidemic devastated Guinea's health system and constituted a public health emergency of international concern. Following the crisis, Guinea invested in the establishment of basic health system reforms and crucial legal instruments for strengthening national health security in line with the WHO's recommendations for ensuring better preparedness for (and, therefore, a response to) health emergencies. The investments included the scaling up of Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response; Joint External Evaluation of International Health Regulation capacities; National Action Plan for Health Security; Simulation Exercises; One Health platforms; creation of decentralised structures such as regional and prefectural Emergency Operation Centres; Risk assessment and hazard identification; Expanding human resources capacity; Early Warning Alert System and community preparedness.

Is it valid to assess an individual's performance in team training simulation when the supporting team are confederates? A controlled and randomized clinical trial.

Background: During simulation training, the confederate is a member of the pedagogical team. Its role is to facilitate the interaction between participants and the environment, and is thought to increase realism and immersion. Its influence on participants' performance in full-scale simulation remains however unknown.

[Hospital epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in Mali].

Introduction: in Mali, there are no data on the prevalence of mental disorders. The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical and epidemiological features of patients hospitalised in the Department of Psychiatry.

Methods: we conducted a cross-sectional study in the Department of Psychiatry at the University Hospital of Point G between January 2014 and December 2018.

[Factors associated with mental disorders in the psychiatric department of the university hospital centre of Point G in Mali.].

Introduction: Mental health is a state of equilibrium and well-being, any alteration of which leads to the appearance of a state of distress and/or mental disorder.

Objective: The objective of this work was to study familial and environmental factors associated with mental disorders.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Psychiatry Department of the Point G University Hospital Center from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017 among outpatients with a psychiatric disorder in whom factors associated with psychiatric disorders were studied.

Descriptive study of cases of schizophrenia in the Malian population.

Background: Schizophrenia is a relatively common disease worldwide with a point prevalence of around 5/1000 in the population. The aim of this present work was to assess the demographic, clinical, familial, and environmental factors associated with schizophrenia in Mali.

Methods: This was a prospective descriptive study on a series of 164 patients aged at least 12 years who came for a follow-up consultation at the psychiatry department of the University Hospital Center (CHU) Point G in Mali between February 2019 and January 2020 for schizophrenia spectrum disorder as defined by DSM-5 diagnostic criteria.

[Management of chronic osteomyilitis of limbs at kati teaching hospital].

Objectives: the purpose of this work was to describe the epidemiological, clinical, paraclinical and therapeutic aspect of surgical treatment of chronic osteomyilitis of limbs.

Patients Methods: it was a retrospective study over a period of 12 years, from January 2003 to December 2014. It covered all cases of chronic osteomyelitis osteonecrosis treated our service.

[Morbidities of psychiatric disorders among women prisoners of the "Bollé" detention and reintegration center for women (CSDRF)].

Introduction: The objective of this work was to determine the frequency of mental disorders among female inmates of the C.S.D.

Gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum: a case report.

A baby born at home 14 hours earlier was brought to the neonatology department with bilateral upper palpebral chemosis with purulent secretions and pseudomembranes, with no general signs of infection. The gram staining of a secretion sample shows the presence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Intramuscular ceftriaxone treatment was initiated, combined with topical application of rifamycin, dexamethasone, and oxytetracycline.

Causes of blindness in children attending a school for the blind in Mali.

Introduction: Among the 1.4 million blind children in the world, 300,000 live in Africa. The causes of blindness vary from one country to another.

Leptospirosis as Cause of Febrile Icteric Illness, Burkina Faso.

Patients in Burkina Faso who sought medical attention for febrile jaundice were tested for leptospirosis. We confirmed leptospirosis in 27 (3.46%) of 781 patients: 23 (2.

[Epidemiological study on the visual ability of official public transport drivers in Bamako].

The aim of this work was to evaluate the public transport drivers' visual driving ability in Bamako. We carried out a descriptive cross-sectional study from May 15 to July 15, 2013. The probabilistic method was used.

[Oculoplastic Surgery At CHU-IOTA In Mali].

Unlabelled: Esthetic and functional surgeries in the periocular region fall into the domain of oculoplastic, or plastic and reconstructive surgery and otorhinolaryngology. Oculoplasty is the largest surgical spectrum in ophthalmology including eyelids, orbits and the lacrimal system. Our purpose was to study the frequency of eyelid, lacrimal and orbital (oculoplastic) surgery at the CHU IOTA.

Depression and HIV: Epidemiological and clinical aspects at the Bamako University Hospital (Mali).

Depression plays an important role in clinical worsening, morbidity and mortality related to HIV/AIDS. To describe the epidemiological and clinical aspects of depressive disorders in people with HIV in Mali. This prospective study took place in the department of psychiatry and infectious diseases at the Bamako University Hospital from July 2004 through October, 2005 and included all HIV-positive antiretroviral-naive patients with depression, diagnosed according to ICD-10 criteria.

[Bilateral papilledema secondary to intracranial hypertension in an adolescent girl].

Papilledema is a fluid and/or axonal swelling of the optic nerve head due to a blockage of axoplasmic flow at the level of the cribriform plate. We report the case of a 17-year old adolescent girl with bilateral papilledema secondary to idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

[Extracting extra capsular versus phacomanuelle without sutures in the treatment of the cataract of the adult to the CHU-IOTA].

Introduction: Treatment of cataract blindness is surgical to restore vision. The aim of this work was to compare the PKA to the classic EEC in the surgical treatment of adult cataract in terms of anatomical and functional results in our institute.

Materials And Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 333 operated eyes of cataract of the adult and followed for one month.

[Study of primary open-angle glaucoma at the Institute of Tropical African Ophthalmology, Mali].

Introduction: Chronic open-angle glaucoma, also known as primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is an anterior optic neuropathy, chronic and progressive evolution, characterized by perimeter alterations and pathological optic cup, usually with an increase in intraocular pressure (IOP). Our study describes the epidemiological and clinical aspects of POAG in patients over 40 years old in the Institute of Tropical African Ophthalmology.

Materials And Methods: It was a prospective and descriptive study lasting two months including 200 patients with POAG, with the presence of at least one of the following three signs: intraocular pressure> 21mm Hg, disc cupping cup/disc vertical ≥0.

[Juvenile retinoschisis and macular hole: a case report].

Juvenile retinoschisis is an inherited macular dystrophy that is transmitted in the chromosome X-linked recessive mode. Clinical signs include a macular star, with or without peripheral retinoschisis, responsible for decreased visual acuity. We report the case of a 12-year-old boy received for a visual acuity decline (VAD).

The vulnerability of men to virologic failure during antiretroviral therapy in a public routine clinic in Burkina Faso.

Introduction: Gender differences in antiretroviral therapy (ART) outcomes are critical in sub-Saharan Africa. We assessed the association between gender and virologic failure among adult patients treated in a public routine clinic (one of the largest in West Africa) in Burkina Faso.

Methods: We performed a case-control study between July and October 2012 among patients who had received ART at the Bobo Dioulasso Day Care Unit.

[Visual outcome of cataract surgery in adults].

Introduction: The treatment of cataract blindness is surgical, allowing restored vision. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the functional results of cataract surgery in adults in a tertiary care referral center.

Patients And Methods: Prospective study of 2012 eyes operated for adult cataract from September 1, 2009 to August 31, 2010 (12 months).

Increased pulmonary pressures and myocardial wall stress in children with severe malaria.

Background: Chronic intravascular hemolysis leads to nitric oxide (NO) depletion and pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease. To test whether this pathophysiology occurs in malaria, we examined in Mali 53 children who were admitted to the hospital with severe malaria (excluding cerebral malaria) and 31 age-matched controls.

Methods: Severity of hemolysis was assessed from plasma levels of free hemoglobin and arginase-1.