Publications by authors named "Y Brouste"
Article Synopsis
- There have been significant increases in sargassum seaweed strandings along Caribbean coastlines since 2011, prompting a study on health impacts from its decomposition.
- The study analyzed 154 patients from 2018 who reported health issues linked to decomposing sargassum, with common symptoms including neurological (80%), digestive (77%), and respiratory (69%) disorders, highlighting the geographical correlation with sargassum strandings.
- Findings suggest that toxic exposure from sargassum is similar to hydrogen sulfide exposure, with affected areas potentially experiencing ambient hydrogen sulfide levels exceeding 5 ppm for about 50 days a year.
Unlabelled: The epidemiology of severe acute poisonings in the French overseas departments of the Americas remains poorly reported. The main objective of this study was to determine the epidemiology and characteristics of severe acutely poisoned adult patients.
Methods: A retrospective descriptive study was conducted from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2010 in severely poisoned patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) of the University Hospital of Martinique, and the general public hospitals of Lamentin and Trinité.
Infections secondary to snakebite occur in a number of patients and are potentially life-threatening. bites in Martinique average 30 cases per year and may result in severe thrombotic and infectious complications. We aimed to investigate the infectious complications related to bite.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To assess the frequency of diagnostic errors in older adults presenting to the emergency department (ED) with symptoms suggestive of Chikungunya virus infection (CVI) and to compare the rates of misdiagnosis of older and younger adults.
Design: Cross-sectional study performed in the University Hospitals of Martinique from retrospective cases.
Setting: Emergency department.