Background: Hypertension (HPT) is a major public health problem. Many studies have attempted to investigate HPT in school children. Few, however, have targeted hospital HPT. We conducted this study to describe the epi...Background: Hypertension (HPT) is a major public health problem. Many studies have attempted to investigate HPT in school children. Few, however, have targeted hospital HPT. We conducted this study to describe the epidemiologic characteristics, etiologies, management, and outcome of hospital HPT in our setting. Methods: This was a prospective and descriptive study carried out from March 01 through June 30, 2017 in the pediatric departments of two university hospitals: Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire Hubert K. Maga and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Mère et de L’Enfant Lagune of Cotonou, Benin. Every consecutive patient aged 3 to 18 years who was admitted to the two hospitals for any reason had his (her) BP measured. Every patient with HPT was reviewed for demographics, history and clinical examination, and laboratory investigations as appropriate. Management was done accordingly. Outcome was also recorded. Results: The hospital frequency of HPT was 1.98% (31 cases/1565 admissions). The male/female ratio was 1.06 (16 males, 15 females). Mean age was 8.5 years ± 4.39 (range, 3 to 16 years). 74.19% patients had Body mass index within -2SD and +2SD. Only one patient had BMI above +3SD. The main etiologies found were renal: acute tubular necrosis (45.16%), acute glomerulonephritis (16.13%), and acute pyelonephritis (12.90%). Diuretics (64.5%), were the main antihypertensive drugs used. A single drug therapy was used in 35.4%, a two-drug therapy in 32.2% and a three-drug therapy in 9.6% of cases. Length of hospital stay was more than one week in 70.97% of cases. Hospital death rate for HPT was 19.35%. The outcome was not known in one patient due to exit from hospital against medical advice. All the other patients fully recovered at one month post-discharge follow-up. Conclusion: HPT presents as a symptomatic disease in our hospitals;it has a renal etiology in most cases and has significant death rate despite treatment. Advocacy with health authorities must be the way out of issues of HPT management in our setting.展开更多
Background:While malaria morbidity and mortality have declined since 2000,viral central nervous system infections appear to be an important,underestimated cause of coma in malaria-endemic Eastern Africa.We aimed to de...Background:While malaria morbidity and mortality have declined since 2000,viral central nervous system infections appear to be an important,underestimated cause of coma in malaria-endemic Eastern Africa.We aimed to describe the etiology of non-traumatic comas in young children in Benin,as well as their management and early outcomes,and to identify factors associated with death.Methods:From March to November 2018,we enrolled all HIV-negative children aged between 2 and 6 years,with a Blantyre Coma Score≤2,in this prospective observational study.Children were screened for malaria severity signs and assessed using a systematic diagnostic protocol,including blood cultures,malaria diagnostics,and cerebrospinal fluid analysis using multiplex PCR.To determine factors associated with death,univariate and multivariate analyses were performed.Results:From 3244 admissions,84 children were included:malaria was diagnosed in 78,eight of whom had a viral or bacterial co-infection.Six children had a non-malarial infection or no identified cause.The mortality rate was 29.8%(25/84),with 20 children dying in the first 24 h.Co-infected children appeared to have a poorer prognosis.Of the 76 children who consulted a healthcare professional before admission,only 5 were prescribed adequate antimalarial oral therapy.Predictors of early death were jaundice or increased bilirubin[odd ratio(OR)=8.6;95% confidential interval(CI):2.03-36.1]and lactate>5 mmol/L(OR=5.1;95%CI:1.49-17.30).Antibiotic use before admission(OR=0.1;95%CI:0.02-0.85)and vaccination against yellow fever(OR=0.2,95%CI:0.05-0.79)protected against mortality.Conclusions:Infections were found in all children who died,and cerebral malaria was by far the most common cause of non-traumatic coma.Missed opportunities to receive early effective antimalarial treatment were common.Other central nervous system infections must be considered in their management.Some factors that proved to be protective against early death were unexpected.展开更多
文摘Background: Hypertension (HPT) is a major public health problem. Many studies have attempted to investigate HPT in school children. Few, however, have targeted hospital HPT. We conducted this study to describe the epidemiologic characteristics, etiologies, management, and outcome of hospital HPT in our setting. Methods: This was a prospective and descriptive study carried out from March 01 through June 30, 2017 in the pediatric departments of two university hospitals: Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire Hubert K. Maga and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Mère et de L’Enfant Lagune of Cotonou, Benin. Every consecutive patient aged 3 to 18 years who was admitted to the two hospitals for any reason had his (her) BP measured. Every patient with HPT was reviewed for demographics, history and clinical examination, and laboratory investigations as appropriate. Management was done accordingly. Outcome was also recorded. Results: The hospital frequency of HPT was 1.98% (31 cases/1565 admissions). The male/female ratio was 1.06 (16 males, 15 females). Mean age was 8.5 years ± 4.39 (range, 3 to 16 years). 74.19% patients had Body mass index within -2SD and +2SD. Only one patient had BMI above +3SD. The main etiologies found were renal: acute tubular necrosis (45.16%), acute glomerulonephritis (16.13%), and acute pyelonephritis (12.90%). Diuretics (64.5%), were the main antihypertensive drugs used. A single drug therapy was used in 35.4%, a two-drug therapy in 32.2% and a three-drug therapy in 9.6% of cases. Length of hospital stay was more than one week in 70.97% of cases. Hospital death rate for HPT was 19.35%. The outcome was not known in one patient due to exit from hospital against medical advice. All the other patients fully recovered at one month post-discharge follow-up. Conclusion: HPT presents as a symptomatic disease in our hospitals;it has a renal etiology in most cases and has significant death rate despite treatment. Advocacy with health authorities must be the way out of issues of HPT management in our setting.
基金funded by the French National Research Agency(ANR-17-CE17-0001).
文摘Background:While malaria morbidity and mortality have declined since 2000,viral central nervous system infections appear to be an important,underestimated cause of coma in malaria-endemic Eastern Africa.We aimed to describe the etiology of non-traumatic comas in young children in Benin,as well as their management and early outcomes,and to identify factors associated with death.Methods:From March to November 2018,we enrolled all HIV-negative children aged between 2 and 6 years,with a Blantyre Coma Score≤2,in this prospective observational study.Children were screened for malaria severity signs and assessed using a systematic diagnostic protocol,including blood cultures,malaria diagnostics,and cerebrospinal fluid analysis using multiplex PCR.To determine factors associated with death,univariate and multivariate analyses were performed.Results:From 3244 admissions,84 children were included:malaria was diagnosed in 78,eight of whom had a viral or bacterial co-infection.Six children had a non-malarial infection or no identified cause.The mortality rate was 29.8%(25/84),with 20 children dying in the first 24 h.Co-infected children appeared to have a poorer prognosis.Of the 76 children who consulted a healthcare professional before admission,only 5 were prescribed adequate antimalarial oral therapy.Predictors of early death were jaundice or increased bilirubin[odd ratio(OR)=8.6;95% confidential interval(CI):2.03-36.1]and lactate>5 mmol/L(OR=5.1;95%CI:1.49-17.30).Antibiotic use before admission(OR=0.1;95%CI:0.02-0.85)and vaccination against yellow fever(OR=0.2,95%CI:0.05-0.79)protected against mortality.Conclusions:Infections were found in all children who died,and cerebral malaria was by far the most common cause of non-traumatic coma.Missed opportunities to receive early effective antimalarial treatment were common.Other central nervous system infections must be considered in their management.Some factors that proved to be protective against early death were unexpected.
