ISSN 2326-7283
African Journal of Internal Medicine ISSN 2326-7283 Vol. 3 (3) pp. 121-126, April, 2015. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Pathologies taken in charge in internal medicine in a Sub-Saharan country of Africa
Ouédraogo SM1, Djibril MA2, IBA BA Josaphat 3 , Kyelem CG1, OUILY S1, Ouedraogo M4, Millogo A5, Drabo YJ6
1Department of Internal Medicine, University hospital SOURO SANOU, Burkina Faso.
2Internal Medicine Service (IMS), University hospital Sylvanus Olympio, Togo.
3Department of Internal Medicine, University hospital -L, Gabon
4Pneumo Service phthisiology, University hospital -YO Yalgado Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso.
5Department of Neurology, University hospital SS Souro SANOU, Burkina Faso.
6Department of Internal Medicine, University hospital -YO Yalgado Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso.
*Corresponding Author. Email: [email protected]
Abstract
Patients admitted to the internal medicine differ from one country to another because of the specificity of each department. To determine the epidemiological, diagnostic and evolutionary pathologies during hospitalization in internal medicine, we carried out a retrospective cross-sectional study over a period of three years from reviews of medical records of patients admitted to the internal medicine department of Centre Hospitalier Universitaire SOURO SANOU (CHU SS), Bobo-Dioulasso, BURKINA FASO. 5362 patients were involved. The average age was 43.10 ± 12.2 years, with a sex ratio of 1.16: 1. The majority of our patients had a low socio-economic standard of living. HIV/AIDS was the most common infection with an admission rate of 24%. The cure rate was 53.9% and the overall mortality rate 33.3%. This mortality was dominated by HIV/AIDS (27.8%). The Early mortality rate was 37.4% (<3 days). Despite the epidemiological transition characterized by the emergence of cardiometabolic diseases, HIV infection remains responsible for a high mortality in our context.
Key words: Sub-Saharan country, internal medicine, epidemiology, diagnosis, evolutionary.