Biomedical subjects

C Diaine

Publications and source records attributed to C Diaine.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1989

Spirometric reference values in Senegalese black adults.

Spirometric volumes and expiratory flows were measured among 448 Senegalese males and females of 25-80 yrs of age. The values obtained are similar to those reported for black Africans and black Americans in the literature. Volumes are 15-25% lower in males and 23% lower in females than in Caucasians. Forced expiratory flow between 25-75% of vital capacity (VC), (FEF25-75) is 5-18% lower in males and 19% lower in females. FEF25-75/VC ratio is higher in blacks than in Whites, but the forced expiratory volume in one second FEV1/VC ratio is similar in black and white subjects. However, we cannot use proportional factors to determine spirometric black standards from white reference values, so, equations of regression and nomograms with age and height are proposed for black Africans.

Adult↗

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[Population survey of a pediatric department in Dakar].

The survey includes 4.876 children registered in 1983 and 1984. Girls appear to be less frequently admitted than boys (42% and 58% respectively) but they die significantly more often. Lethal rates, all ages merged, are respectively 19 and 15.4%. For both sexes, this rate reaches 47% during the only first month. It is during the hot season that mortality is evidently the highest, because diarrhea, malnutrition and malaria are much more frequent during this season. In 40% of the cases, death occurs during the first 24 hours of hospitalization. A better monitoring during pregnancy and nutrition education would certainly reduce such an over-mortality.

Adolescent↗

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[Morbidity and mortality in a pediatric department in Dakar].

The authors study, for the year 1983, the morbidity and the mortality in a pediatrics department in Dakar. Despite the fact that the patients admitted belong to a privileged group of the senegalese population, the mortality rate is high (17%), mainly during the neonatal period (51.5%), and within the age group of 1 to 23 months (21%). Seasonal influence is obvious. Admissions and deaths are significantly more numerous from june to december. The diseases of concern are still diarrhea, malnutrition and respiratory diseases.

Adolescent↗