Morbidité et mortalité hospitalières dans le service de Neurochirurgie de l’Hôpital National de Donka-Conakry, République de Guinée

Béavogui, Kézély; Souaré, Ibrahima Sory; Thipoua, A.J.; Diawara, Seylan; Bangoura, S.A.; Cissé, A.

doi:10.1016/s0028-3770(06)71316-9

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“…The hospital frequency of 17.76% is much lower than that found by Beavogui K. et al in 2006 at the CHU Donka, 84.51% [7]. This lower incidence could be explained by the different practice settings and the referral bias.…”

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Epidemiology and Challenges of Neurotraumas Care in the Emergency Department of a Semi-Urban Hospital in Guinea, West Africa

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Trauma is one of the most common surgical emergencies admitted in the acute care departments of hospitals in Guinea, West Africa. We carried a study to assess the epidemiological pattern and clinical care of neurotrauma in the emergency department of the Kindia regional hospital, a rural secondary hospital catering to the needs of western Guinea and nearby districts. Data were prospectively collected from December 2019 to March 2020 after receiving the required hospital authorization and informed consent from the patients or relatives. We recorded two hundred cases of neurotraumas (64.5% of traumatic brain injury cases and 14.5% of spinal cord injury). Neurotraumas represented 17.7% of all admitted patients in the department in the study period. The mean age was 25.34 ± 16.73, and the age range 16 to 30 was the most affected. The predominance was male, with a sex ratio of 3.43. Motor Vehicle Accident was the leading cause 68.5%, and 73.2% of them involved a motorcycle. Motorcycle-to-motorcycle collision was responsible for more than a third of neurotraumas. We classified the majority of the cases as mild and low risk neurotrauma representing 62.08%. All patients benefited from medical treatment, and 30.7% of patients received surgical treatment for associated abdominal, orthopedic, and minor procedures for scalp dilacerations. No patient was referred to a Neurosurgery department, and all living patients were discharged home during the study period with minimal disability. The mortality was 16.3%. Our results could be biased by the lack of interhospital networking and the fact that severe traumatic brain-injured patient dies before seeking medical attention.

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“…In Guinea, most epidemiological and quality of care studies have been performed in tertiary hospitals of the capital [2] [6]. There is only one study in a semi-urban setting dating from 2006 in Boke where Beavogui et al found that 75.11% of hospital admissions were related to neurotrauma [7].…”

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