P166 - Place du paludisme dans les hospitalisations fébriles dans le service de pédiatrie du CHU Gabriel Touré de Janvier à Décembre 2006

Traoré, F.; Togo, Boubacar; Konaté, Siaka; Sylla, M.; Diawara, Mame Selly; Touré, Abdoulaye; Sidibé, T.

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“…Although the vast majority of people affected by neurological disorders live in Africa, existing data in the medical literature is scarce [10]. In sub-Saharan Africa, the burden of neurological disorders remains high and, according to one study in 2017, the prevalence represented 5 to 25% of all admissions in hospital studies over the last 20 years [11]. In Mali, despite the scale and complexity of the phenomenon, the literature review did not document epidemiological data on neurological disorders in paediatrics.…”

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Epidemiological, Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects of Neuropaediatric Emergencies in Children Aged 1 Month to 15 Years in the Paediatric Emergency Department of CHU-Gabriel Toure

2024

J Cli Ped Chi Res

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Introduction: Paediatric neurological emergencies are a major public health problem worldwide, in Africa and in Mali. Despite the scale and complexity of paediatric neurological emergencies, there is little data in the literature in Africa and particularly in Mali on these neurological disorders in paediatrics. Aim: The aim of our study was to examine the epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic aspects of neuropaediatric emergencies in children aged between 1 month and 15 years in the paediatric department of the CHU-Gabriel Touré in 2021. Patients and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted over a twelve-month period (01 January to 31 January 2021) in children aged 1 month to 15 years hospitalised in the paediatric emergency department for a neurological emergency. Results: The frequency of hospitalization was 18.35%. The age group 12 to 60 months accounted for 43.7%. The sex ratio was 1.44. Convulsion was the most frequent reason for hospitalisation (49.3%). Delayed psychomotor development was noted in 4%. Around 3% of the children had not been vaccinated. On clinical neurological examination, the signs observed were : Altered consciousness (88.3%), convulsion (61%), and axial hypotonia (29%). Focal convulsions accounted for 59%, and 45.7% were febrile. The main diagnoses were neuromalaria, hyperpyretic convulsion and meningitis (68.3%, 7% and 6.3% respectively). The death rate within the first 24 hours was 48%. The average length of hospitalisation was 5.03 +/-4.5 days, with extremes of 1 and 21 days. Conclusion: Neuropaediatric emergencies are a major paediatric health problem. They are frequent and contribute substantially to infant and child mortality in our context.

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Epidemiological, Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects of Neuropaediatric Emergencies in Children Aged 1 Month to 15 Years in the Paediatric Emergency Department of CHU-Gabriel Toure

2024

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P166 - Place du paludisme dans les hospitalisations fébriles dans le service de pédiatrie du CHU Gabriel Touré de Janvier à Décembre 2006

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Epidemiological, Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects of Neuropaediatric Emergencies in Children Aged 1 Month to 15 Years in the Paediatric Emergency Department of CHU-Gabriel Toure

Epidemiological, Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects of Neuropaediatric Emergencies in Children Aged 1 Month to 15 Years in the Paediatric Emergency Department of CHU-Gabriel Toure

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