Hôpital Principal de Dakar

Evaluation of the Cardiac Autonomic Control of Patients with Arterial Hypertension

Background: Hypertension remains the most prevalent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Scientific literature had found a dysregulation of heart by autonomic nervous system in hypertensive patients. Objective: Our objective was to evaluate the autonomic nervous control...

Advanced chronic kidney disease in children with CAKUT: a retrospective cohort study in Senegal

Abstract Background Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) are the leading cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in children worldwide. In low-resource settings, delayed diagnosis and limited access to specialized nephrological and surgical care may increase...

Pyoderma gangrenosum and sickle cell vaso-occlusive crisis: fortuitous association or causal relationship ?: a case report

Abstract Background The association between pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) and painful vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients is a rare clinical entity, rarely reported in the literature (it is the 3rd published case). It illustrates a critical therapeutic d...