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This research aimed to analyze the epidemio- clinical characteristic and the prognosis of patients with eclampsia admitted to the intensive care unit at the University Hospital of Point G.The clinical records of all patients admitted to intensive care for eclampsia from September 2009 to February 2011 were retrospectively collected. We analyzed the following parameters: age, parity, gravidity, the admission deadline, the beginning of eclampsia compared to the term of pregnancy, the number of seizure, mode of delivery, score of Glasgow, blood pressure, proteinuria, complications and evolution.Among 702 admissions, 158 patients, with a mean age of 20 ± 4 were hospitalized for eclampsia (22.5%). We recorded 106 cases of first pregnancies (67.1%) and 104 primiparous (65.8%). The admission period after the first seizure was over 6 hours for 90 patients (57%). The first seizure had occurred in ante-partum period for 69 patients, in per-partum period for 4 patients and in postpartum period for 85 patients.Ninety-three patients (59%) had consciousness disorders at admission, 12 patients received oxygen treatment .Vaginal delivery was the mode of delivery for 93 patients and cesarean section for 65 patients.Eclampsia was associated with renal failure in 25 patients, HELLP syndrome for 15 patients, the stroke for 5 patients, acute pulmonary edema for 3 patients, the coagulation disorders for one patient; and the sepsis for 6 patients. Maternal and perinatal lethality was 9.5% and 10.8% respectively.Eclampsia is a frequent medical and obstetric emergency in intensive care unit of the University Hospital of Point G and affects young patients during their first pregnancy and delivery. Maternal and perinatal lethality remains high, due to the delay in the cases management and the associated factors of gravity. Strong actions are needed to raise awareness for early medical visit and to prepare medical teams for better cases management.Analyser les caractéristiques épidémio - clinique et le pronostic de l'éclampsie en réanimation au centre hospitalier et universitaire (CHU) du Point G.Les dossiers cliniques de toutes les patientes hospitalisées en réanimation pour une éclampsie de septembre 2009 à février 2011 ont été colligés de façon rétrospective. Nous avons analysé les paramètres suivants: l'âge, la parité, la gestité, le délai d'admission, le délai de survenue de l'éclampsie par rapport au terme de la grossesse, le nombre de crise convulsive, le mode d'accouchement, le score de Glasgow, la pression artérielle, la protéinurie, les complications et l'évolution.Sur 702 admissions, 158 patientes, d'âge moyen 20 ans ± 4 ont été hospitalisées pour éclampsie (22,5%). Nous avons enregistré 106 dossiers de primigestes (67,1%) et 104 primipares (65,8%). Le délai d'admission après la première crise convulsive était supérieur à 6 heures chez 90 patientes (57%). La première crise convulsive était survenue en antépartum chez 69 patientes, en perpartum chez 4 patientes et en postpartum chez 85 patientes. Quatre vingt treize patientes (59%) avaient présenté des troubles de la conscience à l'admission, 12 patientes ont été mises sous assistance ventilatoire. La voie basse était le mode d'accouchement chez 93 patientes, et la césarienne chez 65 patientes. L'éclampsie était associée à l'insuffisance rénale chez 25 patientes, au HELLP-syndrome chez 15 patientes, à l'accident vasculaire cérébral chez 5 patientes, à l'œdème aigue du poumon chez 3 patientes, aux troubles de la coagulation chez une patiente; et une septicémie était retrouvé chez 6 patientes. La létalité maternelle et périnatale était respectivement de 9,5 % et de 10,8 %.L'éclampsie est une urgence médico — obstétricale fréquente au service de réanimation du CHU du Point G et touche les patientes jeunes primigesteset primipares. La létalité maternelle et périnatalereste élevée, liée au retard de la prise en charge et aux facteurs de gravité associés. Pour renverser cette situation il est nécessaire de sensibiliser les populations pour une consultation précoce mais aussi de mieux préparer les équipes médicales pour une meilleure prise en charge.

The aim of this study was to take stock of the practice of the loco-regional anesthesia (LRA) at the University Hospital Center of Point G from January 2004 to December 2008.This is a retrospective study, assessing the practice of LRA. The demographic data, the surgery, the technical characteristics of the procedure made, the type of local anesthetic used, adverse events were evaluated.The LRA involved 1261 patients - 8.30% of the total number of surgical procedures occurring during the studied period. The American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) classification was used for the evaluation of patients in scheduled surgery. The patients belonged to class 1 (50.40%) and Class 2 (49.60%). The main surgical procedures were: 26.20% surgical prostatic adenomectomy, 23.80% of caesarean section, and the fistulogram test for 19.04%. The LRA techniques performed were: spinal anesthesia, 87.60%, epidural anesthesia, 12%. Three hundred and three adverse events (24%) have been reported, three (1%) of them have resulted in the death of the patient. The incidence of arterial hypotension was 94.40%, and 4.6% for bradycardia. The three heart attacks were fatal (0.024 ‰). Patients operated under spinal anesthesia and patients aged 60 years and older had more adverse events with 20% and 10.38% for p0.05 respectively. Sixty eight failures (5.4%) were observed.The practice of LRA at the University Hospital of Point G is characterized by adverse events and a low number of deaths. Patients operated under spinal anesthesia and patients aged 60 years and older are at greatest risk of adverse events.Etait de faire le point de la pratique de l'ALR au Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) du Point G, de janvier 2004 à décembre 2008.Il s'agissait d'une étude retrospective, évaluant la pratique de l'ALR. Les données démographiques, l'acte chirurgical, les caractéristiques techniques du geste effectué, le type d'anesthésique local utilisé, les événements indésirables ont été évalués.L'ALR avait concerné 1.261 patients, soit 8,30%. La classification de l'American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) était utilisée pour l'évaluation des patients en chirurgie programmé. Les patients étaient de la classe ASA1 (50,40%) et de la classe ASA2 (49,60%). Les principaux actes chirurgicaux étaient: l'adénomectomie 26,20%, la césarienne 23,80% et la fistulorraphie 19,04%. Les techniques d'ALR réalisées étaient: la rachianesthésie, 87,60%, l'anesthésie péridurale, 12%. Trois cents trois événements indésirables soit 24% ont été rapportés, dont trois soit 1% ont entrainé le décès du patient. L'incidence de l'hypotension artérielle a été de 94,40%, la bradycardie de 4,6%. Les trois arrêts cardiaques ont été fatals (0,024‰). Les patients opérés sous rachianesthésie et les patients âgés de 60 ans et plus avaient présenté plus d'événements indésirables avec respectivement 20% et 10,38% pour un p0,05. Soixante huit échecs (soit 5,4%) avaient été constatés.La pratique de l'ALR au CHU du Point G est caractérisée par des événements indésirables et un nombre de décès faible. Les patients opérés sous rachianesthésie et les patients âgés de 60 ans et plus sont les plus exposés aux événements indésirables.

to evaluate the contribution of laparoscopic surgery in the management of chronic abdominal pains of unspecified etiology.A retrospective descriptive study was conducted over a period of 49 months (March 2008 to March 2012), in the surgery A service of the Point G university hospital.52 patients suffering from chronic abdominal pain for 3 months have been listed. There were 36 women and 16 men, with a sex-ratio of 2.25. The pathologies found in laparoscopy were: 16 cases of adherences, 16 cases of gynaecological diseases, 6 cases of chronic appendicitis, 5 cases of chronic cholecystitis, 6 cases of abdominal tumors and 3 cases of intrauterine contraceptives in abdomen. Conversion to laparotomy was not made and mortality was null. No lesion was found in 11.54% of cases. The mean duration of hospitalization was 2 days. The duration of follow-up of the patients was 18 months with a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of 24 months. No painful symptomatology was found in 6 months in 88.46% of the cases. Persistent stomach pains were found in 3% of the cases. 8.54% of the patients had an improvement of symptomatology.Chronic abdominal pains put a diagnosis problem in surgery. Laparoscopy is a reference technique to diagnose this pain and to discuss them.évaluer l'apport de la chirurgie laparoscopique dans la prise en charge des douleurs abdominales chroniques d'étiologie indéterminée.Il s'agissait d'une étude rétrospective et descriptive sur une période de 49 mois (mars 2008 à mars 2012), dans le service de chirurgie A du CHU du point G.52 patients souffrant de douleur abdominale depuis 3 mois ont été recensés. Il s'agissait de 36 femmes et 16 hommes soit un sex-ratio de 2,25. Les pathologies retrouvées à la laparoscopie étaient : 16 cas d'adhérences, 16 cas d'affections gynécologiques (hydrosalpinx, kystes dermoïdes, salpingites, endométriose externe), 6 cas d'appendicites chroniques, 5 cas cholécystites chroniques, 6 cas de tumeurs abdominales et 3 cas de stérilet intra-abdominal. Aucune conversion n'a été effectuée. La mortalité était nulle. Aucune lésion n'a été retrouvée dans 11,54% des cas (N=6cas). La durée moyenne d'hospitalisation était de 2 jours. La durée moyenne de suivi des patients était de 18 mois avec des extrêmes de 6 mois et 24 mois. 6 mois après l'intervention aucune symptomatologie douloureuse n'a été retrouvée dans 46 cas (88,46%), des douleurs abdominales persistantes ont été retrouvées dans 3% (N=2cas) et 5 patients (8,54%) avaient une nette amélioration de la symptomatologie douloureuse.Les douleurs abdominales chroniques posent un problème de diagnostic en chirurgie. La laparoscopie est une des techniques de référence indiquée pour diagnostiquer et traiter ces douleurs.

This research aimed to describe the epidemiological characteristics and to analyze predictive factors of clinical status severity for patients admitted to the emergency service of University Hospital of Point G. We used an prospective, descriptive and analytical study and followed up all patients admitted to the emergency service of University Hospital of Point G from July 2012 to June 2013.Data about their clinical status, diagnostic and evolution have been described. The severity of the clinical status of patients was determined by using the Clinical Classification of Patients in emergency. During the study period, 2254 files were collected. The median number of daily admissions per month was 26.83 ± 2.95 patients. The mean age was 49 ± 20 years. One thousand seven hundred seventy seven patients used one to three health structure(s) prior to their admission to the University Hospital. The disease"s evolution was ˃ 7 days in 52.9 % of cases, 59.5 % were referred and 25% had been transported by ambulance. The frequently complaints named at admission were physical asthenia / anorexia, fever / shiver and dizziness. One thousand five hundred ninety five patients (71 %) were "considered serious." The diseases diagnosed were noninfectious in 40 % of cases, infectious in 39% cases and unclear in 21 % of cases. Noninfectious disease was the reason for the University Hospital use for patients "judged sever" in 80 % of cases. The average hospital stay was 2.61 ± 5.30 days. Mortality rate (18.5%) was significantly higher in patients "judged sever" (p = 0.001). These results must push the health authorities to take communication actions toward the public for the promotion of best use of emergencies services.

Objectif : Notre travail consiste a : Determiner les periodes de risque pour la meningite et le paludisme a Bamako; Etablir une correlation entre : - d’une part les parametres meteorologiques (temperature de l’air, humidite relative de l’air, pluviometrie, insolation et vitesse du vent) et la frequence des occurrences de paludisme ; - d’autre part les memes parametres pour la meningite. Methode : Nous avons fait une etude retrospective de l’evolution du paludisme et de la meningite en fonction de la variation des parametres meteorologiques (temperature de l’air, humidite relative de l’air, pluviometrie, insolation et vitesse du vent) a Bamako. Resultats : Le paludisme, rare au 1 er et 2 em trimestres, est tres frequent au 3 e trimestre et au 4 e trimestre. Quant a la meningite elle est frequente au premier semestre et rare pendant le reste de l’annee. La frequence du paludisme est liee a la temperature moyenne de l’air, a la grande humidite de l’air, a la pluviometrie abondante, a la faible insolation et a la faible vitesse du vent. La frequente de la meningite est liee a la haute temperature de l’air, a la faible humidite de l’air, a la faible pluviometrie, a la forte insolation et a la grande vitesse du vent. Conclusion : La frequence du paludisme est liee a la grande humidite, et a la faible insolation. Quant a la meningite, sa frequence est liee a la haute temperature, a la grande vitesse du vent et a la forte insolation. Mots-cles : Facteurs climatiques - meningite – paludisme- Bamako.

Summary Objective The aim was to evaluate the results of surgical treatment of occlusion of the sigmoid colon due to volvulus. Patients and Methods This was a retrospective study from 1996 to 2010 of all patients undergoing surgery for sigmoid volvulus in surgical wards of the University Hospital of Bamako. Results A total of 417 patients were identified including 379 men and 38 women. The mean patient age was 45.7 ± 18.3 years. The general condition of the patients was good in 70.5% and altered in 29.5% of cases. Colonic necrosis was present in 80 patients (19.2%). Single-stage resection with immediate anastomosis was performed in 149 patients (35.73%). Two-stage surgery was performed in 268 cases (64.27%). The initial stage of the two-stage procedure was colostomy in 167 cases and simple detorsion in 101 cases. The surgical approach had an impact on mortality in patients who were in poor general condition. Single-stage surgery resulted in higher mortality (12/149; 8.05%) than two-stage surgery (5/268; 1.87%), and the difference was statistically significant ( P = 0.0005). Conclusion Single-stage surgery for sigmoid volvulus carries a high risk of death when it is performed in patients with poor general condition. Indications for surgery must take into account the patient's general condition and the viability of the torsed sigmoid colon.

Cerebral toxoplasmosis is common opportunistic infections of central nervous system in AIDS. It occurs most often in case of severe immunosuppression. The aim of this study is to investigate the general characteristics of cerebral toxoplasmosis during HIV infection and AIDS in hospital area in Bamako. It is a retrospective study of 5 years (form January 2001 to December 2005), conducted in the infectious diseases department of Point G Teaching Hospital of Bamako. It concerned all patients infected with HIV, hospitalized for cerebral toxoplasmosis. The diagnosis of cerebral toxoplasmosis was based on clinical, C T and therapeutic arguments. A total of 745 patients investigated, 26 met cerebral toxoplasmosis diagnostic criteria (14 men and 12 women). The rate of cerebral toxoplasmosis in the study population was 3.5%. The average age was 38.1 years (18-58 years). Focused neurological deficit (73.07%), intracranial hypertension signs (69.20%), meningeal syndrome (15.40%), seizures (57.69%) and consciousness disorders (30.80%) were the clinical characteristics. Hypodensity with or without peripheral enhancement images (93.75%) were found on CT. The average rate of CD4 T cells was 98.7cells/mm3 (5-473 cells/mm3). Oropharyngeal candidiasis in 61.53% of cases, intestinal cryptosporidiosis (11.53%), herpes zoster (3.84%) and Pott's disease (3.84%) were the opportunistic infections associated. Cotrimoxazole was used in 88.46% of patients and 3 patients (11.54%) received the standard treatment (Sulfadiazine-Pyrimethamine). Antitoxoplasmic treatment led to a clinical improvement in 84.61% and 4 deaths (15.39%). were recorded. The technical platform for etiological diagnosis of toxoplasmosis is not available at the Point-G Teaching Hospital, so in case of encephalitis signs in a HIV positive patient, CT should be urgently perform and a treatment trial must begin without delay.