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INTRODUCTION: Childhood type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic condition with serious repercussions on both the quality of life of the child and the family. Insulin therapy is the cornerstone of optimal blood sugar control. The main objective of our study was to assess the level of knowledge of physicians about insulin therapy in diabetes. METHODS: This was a multicenter survey over a period of 5 months (from March 5 to August 2, 2018). It took place in five reference university hospital centers in the Dakar region. RESULT: The number of doctors interviewed in our study was 82, 47.6% of whom were confirmed pediatricians or pediatricians in the process of specialization. The number of years of experience in the field of diabetes was on average 3 years. Fast-acting regular insulins were recommended by 75.6% of doctors and mixtures of insulin (intermediate and rapid-acting) by 50% of doctors. Overall, 91% of doctors recommend a variation in insulin injection sites. The "basal bolus" treatment regimen with insulin analogs was recommended by 50% of doctors, while 31.7% recommended it with human insulin. Regarding adapting insulin doses for leisure and sports activities, more than half (54.9%) of the doctors had to reduce the doses. CONCLUSION: This study enabled us to assess the level of knowledge of insulin therapy among doctors caring for children with diabetes in Senegal, which proved to be limited. We recommend the reinforcement and follow-up of training on the management of T1D for providers at the different facilities.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/drug therapy , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Hypoglycemic Agents/therapeutic use , Insulin/therapeutic use , Pediatricians , Quality of Life , Adult , Child , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/epidemiology , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/psychology , Female , Glycated Hemoglobin/analysis , Health Care Surveys , Humans , Hypoglycemic Agents/administration & dosage , Insulin/administration & dosage , Male , Middle Aged , Senegal/epidemiology , Surveys and Questionnaires , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Objectifs : Decrire les difficultes rencontrees par les parturientes evacuees dans une zone rurale au Senegal. Methodologie : Etude prospective sur une periode de 12 mois allant de janvier a decembre 2011. Toutes les patientes evacuees vers la maternite. Resultats :La frequence des evacuations obstetricales etait de 31;2. Le nombre moyen de consultation prenatale etait de deux. Une femme sur 3 avait effectue plus de 4CPN (33;3). La grossesse etait a terme dans 83;6 des cas. La distance parcourue etait en moyenne de 48 Km avec des extremes de 1 a 200 km. L'evacuation etait faite au moyen d'une ambulance dans 69 des cas et celle-ci etait accompagnee par un prestataire non qualifie dans 92;7 des cas. La patiente etait vivante bien portante dans 98 des cas. L'enfant etait ne vivant bien portant dans 75;4. La duree de sejour moyenne etait de 2;6 jours avec des extremes de 1 et 12 jours. La contre-reference etait effectuee dans 97;3 des cas. Conclusion : Les resultats de notre etude nous permettent de confirmer malgre les ressources limitees; il est possible de prendre en charge et de reduire la morbidite et la mortalite des patientes evacuees. En effet nous preconisons de mettre en place un systeme de SAMU obstetrical en zone rurale afin de contribuer a la regulation des evacuations obstetricales; mais surtout de permettre aux patientes a faible revenu d'acceder au service
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Maternal Mortality , Patient Handoff , Postpartum Hemorrhage , Rural PopulationABSTRACT
Every patient operated for nodular goiter by a partial surgery is exposed to recurrence. In order to verify this idea, the authors followed 36 patients operated on for nodulargoiterat least 10 years ago. A clinical examination for all the patients and echographic study for 24 of them allowed the detection of recurrence and the evaluation of survival and recurrence without any opotherapy. It seemed that clinical recurrence is observed in 16.65% of cases whereas echographic study revealed recurrence in 50% of patients examined. Only two patients were reoperated on. The predictive factors of the recurrence are geographic endemic origin and ethny, partial surgery and vesicular goiters. With 66.65% of survival without recurrence at 18 years without opotherapy, the authors argue about the utility of such treatment.
