Lessons learned about the management of a traffic road accident victim with abdominal seatbelt sign: Case report.

The abdominal seatbelt sign is well described in the literature as an indicative of intra-abdominal visceral injuries; it is considered rare because it is difficult to detect with no single observation providing reliable diagnosis. Consequently, it often presages a delayed diagnosis. We here report lessons from management of 44 year-old man professional driver, victim of a road traffic accident who underwent a damage control laparotomy and whose abdominal seatbelt sign was diagnosed late.

An exceptional thoracolumbar and hypogastric necrotizing fasciitis of dental origin with favourable prognosis: Case report.

• Thoracolumbal hyposgastric Necrotizing fasciitis (TLHNF) of dental origin is exceptional. • A 32 year-old male farmer with no particular history of pathology presented with a dental pain for 3 weeks with an automedicationof an association of diclofenac / paracetamol. Throrought clinical and laboratory examination results demonstrated a TLHNF of dental origin.

Assessment of Vulnerability to the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Central African Sub-region.

Objective: This study was aimed at examining the vulnerability of Central Africa to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: Demographic, health, and socio-economic indicators were used to describe the vulnerability. The study period was from December 31st, 2019 to May 31st, 2020 (i.

Inflammatory biomarkers and prediction of insulin resistance in Congolese adults.

Several studies have shown that low levels of adiponectin (ADP) and high levels of alpha tumor necrosis factor (NFT) increase the risk or severity of many cardiometabolic diseases associated with insulin resistance. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the association between plasma adipokines and IR measured by HOMA-IR. The secondary objective was to determine the biomarker of the potential inflammation to predict IR in Congolese melanoderm subjects residing in Brazzaville.

Wnt/beta-catenin and PI3K/Akt/mTOR Signaling Pathways in Glioblastoma: Two Main Targets for Drug Design: A Review.

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and malignant astrocytic glioma, accounting for about 90% of all brain tumors with poor prognosis. Despite recent advances in understanding molecular mechanisms of oncogenesis and the improved neuroimaging technologies, surgery, and adjuvant treatments, the clinical prognosis of patients with GBM remains persistently unfavorable. The signaling pathways and the regulation of growth factors of glioblastoma cells are very abnormal.