Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Department of Pneumology, UFR Santé of Saint Louis, Dakar, Senegal

Publications

• Research Article   
  Epidemiological, Clinical, Paraclinical and Evolutionary Profile of Patients Hospitalized for Tuberculosis in the Pneumology Department at Fann Hospital
  Author(s): Fatimata Binetou Rassoule Mbaye*, S. Niang, K. Thiam, M. F. Cissé, E.H.M. Ndiaye, Y. Dia Kane and N. O. Touré
  
  Introduction: Pulmonary diseases are responsible for at least 6 million hospitalizations worldwide. These pathologies are dominated in our countries by infections, particularly pulmonary tuberculosis, which makes it a major public health problem. Methods: We collected all the records of patients hospitalized for pulmonary tuberculosis during 2 years: From January 2019 to January 2021. Results: We collected 791 cases of tuberculosis among the 2060 patients hospitalized during the study period, i.e. a hospital prevalence of 38.40%. In this population we had a clear male predominance with a sex ratio of 2.22. The distribution of tuberculosis was as follows: pulmonary localization in 92% of cases, bifocal pleural and pulmonary localization in 1.7% of cases, isolated pleural involvement in 5.83% and one case of lymph node tuberculosis. The comorbidities found were diabetes (7.4%), HIV (.. Read More»
  

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