Journal of Tropical Diseases & Public Health

Laurence Eudoxie Benon

Publications

• Review Article
  Etiological Profile, Clinical Features and Medical Management of Acute Pericarditis in Burkina Faso
  Author(s): Nobila Valentin Yameogo, Laurence Eudoxie Benon, Larissa Justine Kagambega, Georges Rosario Christian Millogo, Dangwe Temoa Naibe, Koudougou Jonas Kologo, Boubacar Jean Yves Toguyeni, Andre K Samadoulougou and Patrice ZabsonreNobila Valentin Yameogo, Laurence Eudoxie Benon, Larissa Justine Kagambega, Georges Rosario Christian Millogo, Dangwe Temoa Naibe, Koudougou Jonas Kologo, Boubacar Jean Yves Toguyeni, Andre K Samadoulougou and Patrice Zabsonre
  
  Through a prospective study, we follow up a sample of patients presenting acute pericarditis from January 2010 to December 2011. There were 43 cases composed of 20 men and 23 women. The average age was 41.4 ± 16.1 years. The leading clinical signs were infectious syndrome (100%), dyspnea (86%), and chest pain (79.1%). Right heart failure was found in 27.9% of cases, hypotension in 23.2% of cases and pulsus paradoxus in 20.9% of cases. Echocardiography found pericardial effusion in 88.4% of cases. This effusion was of great amount in 26.3% of cases of pericardial effusion. Cardiac tamponade was encountered in six cases. We identified an etiology in 88.4% of cases. These etiologies were tuberculosis in 47.4% of cases. As treatment, anti-tuberculous drugs associated to corticosteroids were systematic in tuberculous forms. In other cases, we used aspirin associated to corticosteroids.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-891X.1000119

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