Complications of Obesity in Cesarized Parturients in the Teaching Centers of Cotonou

This survey had the objective to determine the frequency of the obesity at the parturient, to value the impact of the obesity on the childbirth by Caesarean and the complications postoperative immediate in the teaching hospitals of Cotonou. Patients and Method: We did a prospective, comparative and analytic survey from January 13 to April 13, 2012. Eight hundred ninety-one consecutive parturients having had a Caesarean were included. We studied the anesthetic techniques, the techniques of control of the aerial ways, the number of necessary tests for the tracheal intubation, the complications and aftercare of the first 48 hours. A comparison has been made according to the BMI. The obesity has been defined by a BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2. The parturient has been classified in two groups: Non-obese: BMI ≤ 30 kg/m2, obese: BMI ≥ 30. Results: There were 703 (78.90%) Caesareans in emergency and 188 (21.09%) programmed Caesareans. The obesity which has been recovered at 286 parturient is 32.10%. The obese parturient also required more frequently several lumbar punctures (p Conclusion: Many changes led by pregnancy are added to those of the obesity to drive to functional changes, a reduction of the physiological reserve and finally to an increased anesthetic and obstetric risk. The obesity is frequent at the parturient in Benin. The post-operative complications are more frequent after the Caesarean at the obese parturient.

Short Term (3 Months) Prognosis of Stroke in Parakou

Background: The burden of stroke is very high in sub-Saharan Africa. The identification of the factors influencing poor outcome can help to reduce this burden. Objective: To study factors influencing the prognosis of stroke at Parakou. Methods: It was a prospective study conducted over two periods: inclusion period between 1st January and 30 June 2013;monitoring period of survivors between 1st July and 30 September. All consecutive patients admitted in the hospitals for stroke in the study period were included. The functional outcomes were assessed by the RANKIN scale (RANKIN > 2). Epi-info version 7 and SPSS version 16 were used for the statistical analyses. Results: We recruited 85 patients;mean age was 52 ± 15 years. The housewives and the unschooled represented respectively 33% and 65%. The mortality rates at 1 and 3 month were respectively 27% and 32%. Factors associated with mortality were female gender, stroke severity, disorders of consciousness, hyperthermia and hyperglycemia at admission, overweight, pneumonia, anemia, hyperleucocytosis, higher total and LDL serum cholesterol levels at 1 month;housewife status and pneumonia were associated at 3 month. 47% of survivors were independent at 1 month. Stroke severity and length of hospital stay were associated with disability at 1 month whereas previous stroke and disability history, stroke severity, weight and length of hospital stay were related with 3 month poor functional outcome. Conclusion: This study showed the poor outcome of stroke patients in Parakou which were influenced by many factors. Taking account of these factors in the strategies of care in the acute phase may improve the prognosis of stroke patients.