Material and methodsThis was a cross-sectional study with retrospective collection on the records of patients hospitalized in the cardiology department of the University Hospital Center Yalgado OUEDRAOGO (CHU-YO), in the city of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.Were included in our study, the patient records hospitalized for acute pericarditis during the period from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2018, that is to say duration of 5 years with or without liquid effusion; without distinction of race or sex. Patients hospitalized for recurrent pericarditis were not included in the study. Data were collected from the hospitalization registers of the cardiology department of the UHC-YO, the patients' medical records, and the hospital's statistical yearbooks. The data were recorded on survey forms. A systematic review of the records of patients hospitalized for acute pericarditis during the entire study period was conducted.Socio-demographic data, medical and surgical history, clinical data, paraclinical data including diagnostic confirmation elements at trans thoracic Doppler echocardiography, chest X-ray, electrocardiogram and biological tests were systematically searched in the files.Acute pericarditis, myopericarditis, confirmed tuberculous pericarditis, probable tuberculous pericarditis, HIV-related pericarditis, viral pericarditis were evoked using the clinical, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic criteria defined by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). 1 The diagnosis of acute pericarditis was made on the basis of the presence of at least 2 of the following 4 criteria: Pericardial chest pain; Pericardial friction; New diffuse ST elevation or PQ undershift on electrocardiogram (ECG); Pericardial effusion (new or worsening). 1
Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic and evolutionary aspects of acute intestinal occlusions by flanges and post-operative adhesions. Patients and method: This was a two-year descriptive retrospective study conducted in the surgical department of the Ouahigouya Regional University Hospital from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2018. It included patients operated on for acute intestinal obstruction by postoperative flanges and adhesions and with a well-documented clinical record. Results: The post-operative flanges and adhesions accounted for 41.81% of the causes of acute intestinal obstructions. The average age of the patients was 37.93 years. Males were the most represented with 68.57% of cases. Abdominal pain was the main reason for consultation. Acute appendicitis and generalized acute peritonitis had dominated the etiologies of previous interventions in 37.84% of cases. The post-operative flanges and
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