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Background Blood pressure (BP) measurement in the diagnosis and monitoring of hypertension continues to be a topic of debate. The objectives of this study were 1) to evaluate the performance of hemodialysis center BP measurements (routine and standardized BP measurements) in the diagnosis of ambulatory BP in chronic hemodialysis patients using 44h ambulatory BP monitoring (44h-ABPM) as the reference measurement; 2) to compare the performance of standardized and routine BP measurement; and 3) to evaluate the concordance between the values measured at the hemodialysis center and the BP values at 44h-ABPM. Methods In this 23-month case control study including 56 patients followed in the hemodialysis units of Aristide Le Dantec Hospital (HALD) and Idrissa Pouye General Hospital (HOGIP), BP was measured by 3 methods: i) an automated measurement (OMRON®) carried out by health professional called routine BP measurement (RBPM) in pre and post dialysis; ii) the mean of five automated measurements in a patient isolated in a quiet room called standardized BP measurement (SBPM) before and after dialysis; iii) 44h-ABPM with the CONTEC® device. The hypertension was defined as BP ≥ 130/80 mmHg at 44h-ABPM. Results Fifty-six (56) patients including 31 men (55%) with a mean age of 45.20 ± 13.64 years were included. Thirty-one patients (55%) were hypertensive at the 44h-ABPM. Pre-dialysis SBPM was significantly better than pre-dialysis RBPM (AUC [IC 95%], 0.881 [0.778-0.984]/0.785 [0.664-0.907], p=0.02) in detecting 44h ambulatory systolic BP (SBP) ≥ 130 mmHg. Post-dialysis SBPM was also outperformed post-dialysis RBPM (0.916 [0.843-0.988]/0.874 [0.782-0.965]) in detecting 44h ambulatory SBP ≥ 130 mmHg without statistically significant difference. Pre-dialysis SBPM outperformed pre-dialysis RBPM (0.882 [0.776-0.988]/0.878 [0.781-0.975] in detecting 44h ambulatory DBP ≥ 80 mmHg without statistically significant difference. Post-dialysis SBPM also outperformed post-dialysis RBPM (0.914 [0.832-0.996]/0.848 [0.743-0.952]) in detecting 44h ambulatory DBP ≥ 80 mmHg without statistically significant difference. Hemodialysis center measurements overestimate ambulatory BP at 44h-ABPM. Conclusion Hemodialysis center measurements overestimate ambulatory BP despite excellent performance on ROC curve analysis. SBPM performs better than RBPM and in particular in the detection of a SBP ≥ 130 mmHg in the ambulatory setting. SBPM overestimates SBP less than RBPM.

Introduction: It is recommended that patients should start chronic haemodialysis using an arteriovenous fistula (AVF). We aimed to determine the proportion of Senegalese patients who used an AVF at the start of haemodialysis and examined the factors associated with its use.

Nephrology was a relatively poorly known specialty in sub-Saharan Africa until the early 1980s, because of low awareness and lack of access to diagnosis and renal replacement therapies. Nephrology has seen progress on the continent despite an unfavourable economic and geopolitical environment. With a prevalence of fewer than five nephrologists per million inhabitants, the training of nephrologists, now carried out on the continent, allowed to have more than 200 specialists trained in the last decade in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa. Clinical and basic research is developing with quality work published from the continent in major international journals. The population receiving haemodialysis remains small, between 0 and 200 per million inhabitants. Kidney transplantation, with a prevalence between 0 and 5 per million inhabitants, is only well structured in South Africa. In this context of scarce resources, a strategy based on the prevention of non-communicable diseases in general, and chronic kidney disease in particular, should be prioritised.

Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is a common complication of end-stage renal disease. Surgical management occurs in severe forms and/or unresponsive medical treatment. The aim of this study was to outline the indications of parathyroidectomy and its evolution after surgical approach. It was a five-year multicenter backward study in Otorhinolaryngology Department of Fann Hospital and four dialysis centers in Dakar. We include all patients with SHPT who underwent surgery. Preoperative clinical and paraclinical parameters, clinical-biological evolution, and histology findings of the resected parathyroid specimen were collected. Out of 58 patients with hyperparathyroidism, 18 patients required parathyroidectomy, corresponding to a prevalence of 31%. Mean age of patients was 46.6 ± 15.29 years and sex ratio 0.61. Mean duration on dialysis was 44.4 ± 30 months. Ten patients (55.56%) had bone pain and nine patients (50%) had joint pain. Mean serum calcium was 97.27 ± 8.66 mg/L. Mean blood phosphorus levels were 40.47 ± 9.99 mg/L. Mean iPTH rate was 1493.22 ± 1014.93 ng/mL, with a maximum of 5000 ng/mL (77N). Mean value of 25-OH Vitamin D was 32.89 ± 16.02 ng/mL. Parathyroidectomy was indicated after failure of medical treatment with persistence of a serum intact parathyroid hormone concentration above 800 μg/mL in all patients. Subtotal parathyroidectomy (7/8) was performed in 11 patients (61.1%). Two patients (11.11%) benefited from a selective parathyroidectomy (3/4). Evolution was favorable for 13 patients, corresponding to a success rate of 72.2%. It was unfavorable in five patients including one patient with hypoparathyroidism and four patients with recurrent hyperparathyroidism. Surgery for patients with renal hyperparathyroidism in the era of calcimimetics continues to play an important role in selected patients and achieves efficient control of hyperparathyroidism in developing countries.

Introduction: Senegal has pioneered the implementation of peritoneal dialysis (PD) in West Africa, practicing it since 2004. Non-infectious complications are a significant cause of failure of this technique and the transfer of patients to haemodialysis. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and the different types of non-infectious complications in our context. Patients and Methods: This was a 5-year, descriptive, retrospective study of patients on chronic peritoneal dialysis for more than 3 months. Results: During the study period, 75 patients were included. The prevalence of non-infectious complications was 88%, including 45.3% mechanical complications and 76% metabolic complications. Catheter migration was the most common mechanical complication (55.9%), followed by catheter blockage (23.5%). Metabolic complications were dominated by hypoalbuminemia (76.3%). Dyslipidaemia and hypokalaemia affected more than 50% of patients, occurring in 59.3% and 56.9% of cases, respectively. Conclusion: In our study, non-infectious complications related to PD were frequent and varied. They remain a significant cause of technical failure. Mechanical complications are often the cause of permanent transfer to haemodialysis.

Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa face enormous economic and human resource challenges in the management of patients with ESKD (1). Dialysis, the most common form of RRT in these countries, requires costly equipment (2) and is inaccessible to patients that are poor. This situation is exacerbated by a limited number and the busy schedules of dialysis centers. The hemodialysis population rate remains low at between 0 and 200 per million inhabitants in sub-Saharan Africa, so many patients die without accessing dialysis because of a lack of means. In many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, dialysis facilities are unavailable (3,4). Senegal is a country in West Africa bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south, and the Gambia located within (Figure 1). It covers 196,712 km2 and has 16,209,125 inhabitants (5), with an average density of 82 inhabitants per km2. There is a disparity in the distribution of the population between the 14 administrative regions: Dakar, the capital, constitutes the smallest area and includes 23% of the total population and 75% of the urban population, whereas the southeastern regions house only 6% of the total population. Young people aged

Introduction: Diabetic nephropathy is the most common cause of kidney disease in diabetics. However, in some cases the clinical symptoms is not typical and nephropathy may be different from diabetic and require the use of renal biopsy (RB) which is not usually indicated unless non-diabetic nephropathy (NND) is suspected. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of non-diabetic nephropathy (NDN) among the diabetic patients and to analyse the different predictive factors of its occurrence. Patients and methods: It was a retrospective, descriptive and analytical study which is carried out at the nephrology department of Aristide Le DANTEC hospital of Dakar over a period of 60 months. Diabetics with suspected NDN diagnosis based on renal anomalie that is associated with a recent diabetes, Acute renal failure with rapid progress, Diabetic retinopathy’s absence, and Extrarenal signs (cutaneous, digestive and articular) associated with an acute renal failure. Microscopic haematuria was included. The epidemiological, clinical, biological and histological parameters were collected and analysed using the SPSS, 3.5 version software. Results: Out of 34 biopsied diabetic patients, 12 had NDN that is a prevalence of 35, 3%. The average age was 49.88 ± 4.15 years, 0.78 for the sex-ratio and the mean duration of diabetes is 12.53 ± 4.7 years. Glomerular syndrome was found in 30 patients (88.23%), vascular nephropathy syndrome in 3 patients (8.82%) and tubule-interstitial nephropathy syndrome in only one patient (2.94%). Diabetic retinopathy (DR) and microscopic haematuria (HU) respectively existed in 10 patients (34%) and 15 patients (44. 12%). The Kidney biopsy (KB) indications were renal abnormalities associated with recent diabetes, acute renal failure with rapid progress, absence of DR, extrarenal signs associated with acute renal failure and microscopic haematuria. Twenty-two patients (64.7%) had diabetic nephropathy (DN) and 12 patients (38.2%) presented a NDN. Predictive factors of NDN diagnosis were a shorter diabetes duration (P = 0.0008), high blood pressure (P = 0.0015) and absence of DR (P = 0.005). Conclusion: Our data show that kidney injury in a diabetic is not always diabetic nephropathy. The Kidney biopsy (KB) is often needed in order to adopt an effective management.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is associated with accelerated atherosclerosis and increasing cardiovascular risk which is recognized as a major cause of morbidity and death. Whether subclinical atherosclerosis has been evaluated by several methods, there are very limited data about Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. The aim of the present study was to compare this index, between SLE patients and controls. We conducted a case-control study in the Department of Internal Medicine of our institution during the period from August 1, 2017 to December 31, 2018. We included 100 subjects, including 50 SLE patients and 50 control cases. This included 44 women and 6 men in patients with an identical distribution in controls. The mean age was 33.5 ± 11.3 years for cases and 33.3 ± 11.3 years (p-value: 0.93) for controls subjects. There was higher frequency of cardiovascular risk factors such as dyslipidemia (p-value at 0.009), low level of serum HDL-cholesterol (p-value 0.001), hypertriglyceridemia (p-value at 0.000) and hyperuricemia (p-value at 0.000) in patients with SLE. Overweight/obesity was higher in controls subjects (p-value at 0.028). There was no statistically significant difference in the frequency of diabetes-mellitus, smoking and high blood pressure. The abnormally ABI was recorded in 19 patients with SLE (38%) and 8 controls (16%) with a p-value: 0.01 and odds ratio: 3.22. Eight patients (16%) and four controls (8%) had low ABI without significant difference (p-value: 0.11 but odds-ratio at 2.98). Eleven patients with SLE (22%) and five controls (10%) had high ABI (p-value: 0.05 and odds-ratio: 3.24). In patients with SLE only disease activity (cSLEDAI) at the inclusion of the study was correlated to abnormal ABI. Conclusion: This study showed an increasing prevalence of abnormal ABI in black African patients with SLE compared to controls with a correlation between disease activity and abnormal ABI.

Background and Aims The lethality and cost of chronic kidney disease (CKD) management are high in Senegal. The aim of this study was to evaluate the access in dialysis at Senegalese public’s hospitals. Method This was a retrospective cohort during 4 years (2014-2018) from the hemodialysis registry waiting list at Aristide Le Dantec University Hospital. This registry is composed by: a registration form (social survey and doctor's visa); a written letter addressed to hospital director and the national identity card. From this registry, telephone calls were made to collect data relating to mortality and access to dialysis. Results seven hundred fifty-one (751) files were collected. The mean age of the patients was 48.12 ± 15.28 years with a sex ratio of 1.02. The socioeconomic level was low in 85.40% (521/610) and average in 13.61% (83/610). The geographic origin was rural in 11.15%, semi-urban in 07.54% and urban in 81.31%. Ten patients (1.64%) had medical care coverage. On call, 49.70% (373/751) were died before accessing to public dialysis, 29.70% (223/751) had accessed public dialysis and 04.00% (30/751) didn’t yet need dialysis. Hundred twenty-one (16.10%) were unreachable and 0.50% (4/751) was unknown. Conclusion The lethality of CKD was high. Access to dialysis in public hospital remains problematic in Senegal despite its democratization. Additional efforts are needed for effective management of all patients at dialysis stage.

Introduction: The aims of this study were to assess the impact of isonatraemic haemodialysis on reduction of interdialytic weight gain (IDWG) and blood pressure (BP) as well as its tolerability in our study population. Methods: This crossover trial, at the Aristide Le Dantec University Hospital in Senegal, was conducted on 32 patients with kidney failure who were stable on treatment with chronic haemodialysis. In the initial “control phase”, patients had nine haemodialysis sessions with a dialysate sodium (Na+) concentration (Na+ dialysate) of 138 mmol/L. The serum Na+ set point (SP) for each patient was calculated from three predialytic mid-week values. In the second phase, the “individualized phase”, patients had nine haemodialysis sessions with Na+ dialysate equal to their SP. Results: The mean age of the patients was 55.5 ± 12.1 years, with a male/female ratio of 1.3 and the most common cause of kidney disease was hypertension (47%). Mean predialytic serum Na+ concentration was 135.8 ± 1.9 mmol/L, with a mean intra-individual coefficient of variation of 2%. Mean interdialytic weight gain (IDWG) was 1.9 kg and 1.8 kg in the control and individualized phases, respectively (P = 0.75). A reduction in postdialytic systolic blood pressure (BP) was observed during the individualized phase (P = 0.04). A similar trend was noted in pre- and intradialytic BP but this was not statistically significant. Apart from headaches, which were more common in the individualized phase (P = 0.04), isonatraemic haemodialysis was well tolerated. Conclusions: IDWG as well as pre- and intradialytic BP were unaffected by isonatraemic haemodialysis. Postdialytic BP was significantly reduced. Introduction: Les objectifs de cette étude étaient d’évaluer l’impact de l’hémodialyse isonatrémique sur la réduction de la prise de poids inter-dialytique (PPID) et de la pression artérielle (PA) ainsi que sa tolérance dans notre population d’étude. Méthodes: Cet essai croisé a été mené au centre hospitalier universitaire Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar (Sénégal) chez des patients hémodialysés chroniques. Durant la première phase dite « phase contrôle », les patients ont eu neuf séances d’hémodialyse avec une concentration de sodium dans le dialysat (Na+ dialysat) de 138 mmol/L. Le set-point (SP) de la natrémie a été calculé pour chaque patient et correspondait à la moyenne de 3 natrémies pré-dialytiques en milieu de semaine. Durant la deuxième phase dite « phase individualisée », les patients ont eu neuf séances d’hémodialyse avec du Na+ dialysat égal à leur SP. Résultats: Trente-deux patients ont été inclus. L’âge moyen était de 55,5 ± 12,1 ans avec un ratio homme/femme de 1,3 et la néphropathie initiale la plus fréquente était l’hypertensive (47%). La natrémie pré-dialytique moyenne était de 135,8 ± 1,9 mmol/L, avec un coefficient de variation intra-individuel moyen de 2 %. La PPID moyenne était de 1,9 kg et 1,8 kg dans les phases de contrôle et individualisé, respectivement (P = 0,75). Une diminution de la PA systolique post-dialytique a été observée au cours de la phase individualisée (P = 0,04). Une tendance similaire sans significativité statistique a été notée sur les PA pré- et intra-dialytiques. Hormis les céphalées, plus fréquentes pendant la phase individualisée (P = 0,04), l’hémodialyse isonatrémique a été bien tolérée. Conclusions: La PPID, les PA pré- et intra-dialytiques n’ont pas été affectées par l’hémodialyse isonatrémique. La PA post-dialytique était significativement réduite.

L´objectif de ce travail était de faire un état des lieux de l´hémodialyse chronique pédiatrique au Sénégal. Il s´agissait d´une enquête transversale descriptive et analytique concernant tous les centres publics ayant admis des enfants en hémodialyse chronique du 1er janvier 2016 au 31 décembre 2017; sur les 08 centres fonctionnels à cette période, 06 ont été retenus. Au total, nous avions recensés 311 patients hémodialysés dont 08% (n=25) étaient des enfants. L´âge moyen des enfants dialysés était de 13,92 ans ± 3,67 ans. Le sex-ratio était de 0,66. Les glomérulonéphrites chroniques identifiées représentaient 24% (n=6) dont 50% (n=3) de HSF primitive. La fistule artério-veineuse (FAV) était utilisée dans 36% (n=9) des cas. Le consommable de dialyse utilisé était gratuit pour tous les enfants et leur famille (100%). La presque totalité des enfants dialysés 96% (n=24) étaient régulièrement hémodialysés à raison de trois séances par semaine. Le décès était observé chez 44% (n=11) au cours des 16 premiers mois après l´initiation à la dialyse. Parmi les patients vivants, 86% (n=12) étaient toujours en hémodialyse. Un patient avait été transféré en dialyse péritonéale continue ambulatoire (DPCA) et un autre transplanté en France grâce à un don intrafamilial; les débuts de l´hémodialyse pédiatrique au Sénégal étaient confrontés à de nombreuses difficultés liées au faible accès des enfants malgré la gratuité de la dialyse et le vote de la loi autorisant la transplantation rénale depuis décembre 2015. Nous recommandons l´élaboration d´un projet thérapeutique pour la prévention et la prise en charge des enfants atteints de maladie rénale chronique.

Introduction: Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type 2A is a multiglandular tumor condition inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. It is related to proto-oncogene RET mutation whose analysis is the best technique for family screening. It features in a variable way medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) and pheochromocytoma. The revealing manifestations of these tumors are often neglected for a long time and the screening should be systematic particularly in a known family context. Methods: After a family tree establishment of a MEN 2A index case, a family survey allowed to diagnose other cases in the family by means of biological, radiological and/or genetic examinations. Results: We report a family form of MEN 2A in a family of three households. In this family 13 people (index case included) were probed out of 34 members. The average age of our patients was 43.54. The sex ratio men/women was 0.85. The simultaneous diagnosis of a primary HPT and a MTC was carried out in our index case and constituted the circumstance of discovery of MEN 2A. The time limit of MEN 2A diagnosis on the other family members was on average 7.7 years. A MTC was recorded in 7 patients. It was asymptomatic in overall cases. A pheochromocytoma was present in only one patient. Primary HPT was found in four patients. Renal lithiasis with recurrent unilateral or bilateral nephritic colic attacks was the main manifestation. Besides the index case, 11 patients had a genetic testing. In 7 patients, a mutation on proto-oncogene RET located on the codon 634 was noted. A surgical care was carried out on 6 patients. We recorded three patients lost to follow-up. A patient died before surgery. In the index case, biological and radiological monitoring found a locoregional residual disease that indicated surgical revision and radiotherapy. Prophylactic thyroidectomy was not performed in any case driven by lack of compliance and/or low income. Conclusion: The discovery of a MEN 2A case imposes genetic survey allowing the screening of other cases in the family and the establishment of a preventive strategy.

Introduction: Renal disease (RD) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a decisive turning point in the development and prognosis of this disease. In Africa, the prevalence varies between 2.5% and 48.6%. In Senegal, little data are available in the literature. The objective of our study was to describe the epidemiological, clinical, paraclinical, therapeutic and progressional aspects in patients living with HIV (PLWHIV). Patients and methods: This was a retrospective, descriptive and analytical study carried out over a 10-year period in the Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology at the Aristide Le Dantec Hospital in Dakar, Senegal. We included all 15-year old and above PLHIV with available CD4 count and viral load. Results: Out of 248 PLHIV, 32 had kidney disease (KD), which means a hospital prevalence of 12.9%. The mean age was 51.22 ± 10 years (extremes of 36 and 77 years) with a sex ratio (male/female) of 1.28. Renal signs were dominated by glomerular nephropathy syndrome. It was present at 80%. Tubulo-interstitial nephropathy syndrome and chronic uremic syndrome accounted for 6.25% and 3.1% of cases, respectively. Renal function Impairment was present in 21 patients with 18 cases of acute kidney injury (85.7%) and 3 cases of chronic renal failure (14.3%), including 2 in stage 5 of chronic kidney disease. Renal biopsy (RB) was indicated and performed in 20 (62.5%) patients with glomerular signs in 12 patients (60%). Glomerular lesions were dominated by focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) in 6 cases, membraneous nephropathy (MN) in 4 cases and minimal change disease (MCD) in 2 cases. Tubulo-interstitial and vascular lesions were present in 45% and 12.5% of cases, respectively. In highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), 12 (37.5%) patients had total remission, 9 (28.12%) had partial remission. One (3.12%) death from severe metabolic acidosis on chronic renal failure was deplored. Conclusion: This study illustrates the high prevalence of RD in PLHIV in our exercise context.

Introduction: Hyperuricemia is defined as a level of serum uric acid greater than or equal to 70 mg/l (420 μmol/l) in men and 60 mg/l (360 μmol/l) in women. Several studies have shown that it is a risk factor or a factor of progression of chronic kidney disease. Recent experimental and epidemiological data correlate the association of hyperuricemia with chronic kidney disease (CKD), arterial hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, thus raising the question of the usefulness of therapeutics in the prevention of renal diseases. The objective of this study is to seek a link between chronic kidney disease and hyperuricemia. Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive and analytical study conducted at hemodialysis unit and cardiology service of General Hospital of National reference of N’Djamena (Chad) from 1th January to 1th October 2013 (10 months). We included all chronic kidney disease patients hospitalized in hemodialysis unit and cardiology service who presented associated hyperuricemia. Results: There were 712 CKD patients who were hospitalized. Among them, there were 108 patients who were included in the study and who had hyperuricemia as a prevalence of 15.20%. The average age of patients was 35.5 years and the sex ratio was 3/1. The age group between 40 to 60 years represented 54.6%. There were 41.7% of traders. Hypertensive patients accounted for 49.1%; association of diabetes and hypertension was noted in 12.90%. Renal insufficiency was moderate in 43.5% of patients. Hyperuricemia was present in more than 90% of patients. Profession, age, hematuria, proteinuria and hypertension were statistically positively related to hyperuricemia. Treatment consisted of prescribing allopurinol in 84% of patients. In more than 11% of patients the progression was unfavorable. Conclusion: The implication of hyperuricemia in chronic kidney disease has been proved in several recent studies. However, randomized studies at very long scales have to be carried out to conclude from its real impact on the prevention and treatment of chronic kidney disease.

The authors report the first case of successful peritoneal dialysis (PD) in a developing country performed about a 13-year-old adolescent followed-up for stage V chronic kidney disease (CKD) with anuria. After 3 months of hemodialysis, the parents opted for continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) as they wished to return home located 121km from Dakar. After PD catheter insertion, the plan proposed to the patient consisted 3-4 hours stasis of isotonic dialysate during the day and a night stasis of 8 hours of icodextrin for an injection volume of 1L per session. The patient and his mother were trained and assessed on the PD technique. After dialysis adequacy was tested while hospitalised, they were able to return home and continued the sessions following the same plan prescribed and while keeping in touch, by telephone, with the medical team. The technique assessment at the day hospital every 2 weeks revealed dialysis adequacy and satisfactory tolerance of PD at home after 04 months of observation. It was the first case of successful CAPD in the pediatrics unit in this context. Scaling this technique is a challenge for the pediatric nephrologist in developing countries like Senegal.

Introduction: Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome represents 25% to 30% of glomerulonephritis in adults. These glomerulonephritides are responsible of about the half of chronic kidney failure examined as well in United States as in Europe or Africa. The aim of this study was to determine the anatomoclinic, therapeutic and progression patterns of idiopathic nephritic syndrome in Dakar. Patients and Methods: It is a retrospective ten-year study in the nephrology department of Aristide Le Dantec Hospital. Patients with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome were included. We analyzed anatomoclinic, therapeutic and progression data of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. Results: On 202 patients with nephrotic syndrome, 156 (77%) were primitive. The mean age was 29.7 ± 12 years with a sex ratio of 2.4. Edema was found in 98 patients (62.8%) and hypertension in 63 patients (40%). The mean proteinuria was 6.8 ± 4.8 g/24h. Histologic lesions found at renal biopsy were focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in 71 patients (45.5%), minimal change disease in 68 patients (43.5%) and membranous nephropathy in 8 patients (5%). 134 patients (85.8%) received steroids alone, 12 patients (7.6%) received cyclophosphamide and 4 patients (2.5%) azathioprine in association with steroids. 44 patients (28.2%) reached remission. The factors of poor prognosis were: age, above 40 years, proteinuria above 10 g/24h, existence of renal failure at admission, absence of use of steroids therapy. Conclusion: This study shows that idiopathic nephrotic syndrome is frequent in our country with a prevalence of 77%. The most common lesion found at the renal biopsy is the focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Remission is found only in 28% which is very low. 33% of patients progress towards chronic kidney disease due to the lack of early diagnosis and the use of traditional medicine.

Introduction: High blood pressure (HBP) is a worldwide health issue responsible of high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Even though essential HBP is far the most frequently reported in patients, secondary causes must be known because of their severity and the possibility of aetiological treatment. No recent epidemiological data are available about secondary causes of HBP in black African populations. The aim of this study was to describe aetiological patterns of secondary HBP in patients followed at Saint-Louis Hospital. Patients and Method: We conducted a retrospective and descriptive study in regional hospital of Saint-Louis. All patients aged ≥15 years old admitted from January 1st 2011 to January 31st 2015 in internal medicine, nephrology, emergency and cardiology departments were included. Clinical, paraclinical data and patients outcomes were collected from medical records. Hypertension was defined according to JNC8 criteria. Secondary HBP was considered if explorations identified a clear aetiology to hypertension. Statistical analysis was done with Excel 2010 and STATA 12.0. Results: We included 9253 patients with mean age of 35 ± 12 years (15 - 83 years) and sex-ratio of 1.6. Overall 67.5% of patients had hypertension and secondary causes were found in 10.5% of them. The majority of patients presented clinical symptoms suggesting a secondary cause of HBP and first-line laboratory explorations were normal in half of cases. Renal diseases were responsible for 79.1% of secondary HBP cases mainly dominated by glomerulonephritis (22.6%), vascular nephropathies (18.7%) and autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (5.8%). They were followed by preeclampsia (13.6%) and endocrinal aetiologies such as hyperthyroidism (5.8%), hypercorticism (0.5%), pheochromcytoma (0.5%), primary hyperparathyroidism (0.4%) and Conn’s adenoma (0.1%). Combination of ≥3 antihypertensive drugs was necessary in 71.5% of cases and surgical treatment was performed in three patients. Blood pressure was normalized in only 27.7% of patients. Conclusion: Secondary causes are frequent in our young patients with HBP. In the majority of patients complete clinical examination and minimal laboratory investigations recommended by World Health Organisation can give an aetiological orientation that needs further radiological and hormonal explorations.

Renal cortical necrosis (RCN) is anecdotal in malaria. To our knowledge, RCN secondary to Plasmodium malariae has not yet been published. We report a case of severe malaria complicated by RCN. A 29 year old Senegalese patient was transferred to our department for anuria in a context of severe malaria. The diagnosis was RCN secondary to a severe Plasmodium malariae malaria. Physical examination showed anuria, anaemic syndrome, haemorrhagic syndrome and a generally impaired condition. There was a normocytic normochromic anaemia aplastic, thrombocytopenia leukocytosis of 11.580/mm3, serum creatinine of 12.45 mg/dl and blood urea of 252 mg/dl. The Plasmodium malariae had been shown to thick blood film with high parasite density. The molecular study was able to confirm the infestation of this parasite. Treatment consisted of four haemodialysis sessions and antimalarial molecules. Initial evolution was favourable with a recovery through diuresis and a partial improvement in renal function. Given the persistence of impaired renal function, a renal biopsy was performed. This confirmed the RCN. At last consultation, he had no symptoms and his last glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was 30 mL/min/1.73 m2.

Summary: Tuberculosis is a common infectious disease in chronic hemodialysis due to alteration of the immune system associated with chronic kidney disease. The objectives of this study are to determine the prevalence of tuberculosis in chronic hemodialysis patients and to identify its diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. Methods and patients: This was a descriptive retrospective study over a period of 20 years (1994-2014). It includes the records of periodic hemodialysis patients in the Nephrology Department of the Aristide Le Dantec University Teaching Hospital in Dakar which clinical symptoms and laboratory favor tuberculosis. Results: Of 258 chronic hemodialysis patients treated in Hospital Aristide Le Dantec hemodialysis center, 29 cases (11.4%) of tuberculosis disease are diagnosed. The mean age is 43.21 ± 12.48 years, and the sex-ratio is 0.8. The median time to onset of tuberculosis after initiation of hemodialysis is 22.86 ± 28.86 months. The diagnosis of tuberculosis is sure only in 17% of cases. Extra-pulmonary sites are found in 79% of cases. The average duration of treatment is 9.39 ± 1.64 months (6 - 13 months). Various treatment protocols are adopted. Mortality is 21%, 50% due to disseminated tuberculosis. Conclusion: The diagnosis of tuberculosis in the chronic hemodialysis patients is often difficult due to the atypical symptoms, the frequency of extra-pulmonary location and the lack of evidence of sure diagnosis.

Background: Crescentic extra-capillary glomerulonephritis (ECGN) is a diagnostic and therapeutic emergency. In black Africans, little data are available on this lesion. This study aimed at determining the clinical/biological and evolutionary patterns of ECGN and identifying factors of poor prognosis. Methods: This was a retrospective study conducted over a period of 5 years. All patients with extra-capillary proliferation of ≥ 50% in Bowman’s space upon kidney biopsy were involved. The researchers compared 2 groups of patients: group A (patients, who fully recovered from renal function after 3 months of treatment) and group B (patients developing signs of chronic renal insufficiency) in order to identify factors responsible for a poor renal prognosis. Results: Forty cases of crescentic glomerulonephritis were found in 750 kidney biopsies, i.e. a prevalence of 5.33%. The mean age of the patients was 33.9 ± 16.65 years, with a gender ratio of 0.53. Upon admission, 85% of cases had renal insufficiency, with oligoanuria present in 62.5%. By employing light microscopy, the crescents were found to be cellular in 60%, fibro-cellular in 32.5%, and fibrous in 7.5%. The etiologies were mainly lupus in 32.5% of cases, followed by ANCA-related vasculitis in 27.5% of cases, and infectious causes in 17.5% of cases. Outside of the infectious context, basic treatment relied on immune suppression combining corticosteroids and cytotoxic drugs. The evolution was marked by transition to a chronic state in 72.7% of cases; 18.2% of patients recovered normal renal function. The factors responsible for a poor renal prognosis were oligoanuria (P = 0.0008), high creatinine level upon admission (P = 0.0001), use of hemodialysis (P = 0.0001), and evidence of fibro-cellular and fibrous crescents (P = 0.013). Conclusions: Crescentic glomerulonephritis was relatively common in the current patients. The etiology was dominated by lupus in the study’s context. This rapidly causes chronic renal failure, hence explaining the interest in early management.

Introduction L’objectif de ce travail était d’analyser les caractéristiques diagnostiques, thérapeutiques et évolutives de l’enfant atteint de néphrose dans un service de pédiatrie de Dakar. Méthodes L’étude était réalisée au service de pédiatrie de l’hôpital Aristide Le Dantec. Il s’agissait d’une étude rétrospective sur une période de 03 ans allant du 1er janvier 2012 au 31 décembre 2014. Ont été inclus tous les patients âgés de 02 ans à 12 ans présentant un tableau de Syndrome néphrotique idiopathique. Résultats Quarante cas de néphrose étaient colligés soit une prévalence de 23% parmi les néphropathies prises en charge dans le service. L’âge moyen était de 7,11± 3,14 ans. Le syndrome néphrotique était pur chez 72,5% (n=29) des patients. Les œdèmes des membres inférieurs étaient présents chez 100% des patients, l’oligurie dans 55% (n=22) et l’HTA dans 5% (n=2) des cas. La protéinurie moyenne était de 145,05 ± 85,54 mg/kg/24heures. La protidémie moyenne était de 46,42 ±7,88 g/L et l’albuminémie moyenne de 17,90 ± 7,15 g/L. Trente-neuf patients avaient reçu une corticothérapie à base de prednisone. La corticosensibilité était retenue chez 77% (n=30) des patients et la corticorésistance chez 13% (n=5) des cas. Le facteur de mauvaise réponse à la corticothérapie était un niveau de protéinurie initiale supérieure à 150 mg/kg/jour (p = 0,024). La biopsie rénale était réalisée chez 18% (n=7) des patients et retrouvait dans 57,2% (n=4) des cas une hyalinose segmentaire et focale. Le cyclophosphamide et l’azathioprine étaient associés aux corticoïdes dans 10% (n=4) des cas chacun. Le taux de rémission globale était de 89,8%. L’évolution vers l’insuffisance rénale chronique était notée chez trois (03) des patients. Conclusion La néphrose représentait près du quart des néphropathies prises en charge dans notre service. Le taux de rémission globale était élevé. Le seul facteur de mauvaise réponse à la corticothérapie était le niveau de protéinurie initiale élevée. En cas d’indication de la biopsie rénale chez nos patients, la HSF était la lésion la plus fréquemment retrouvée.

PURPOSE To investigate a new noninvasive method to assess central venous pressure (CVP) in hemodialysis patients, based on the ultrasonographic measurement of the collapsing point of the internal jugular vein (CVPni). MATERIALS AND METHODS In this preliminary, noninterventional, single center study, we enrolled 22 dialyzed patients with an indwelling jugular catheter. CVPni was compared to the gold-standard invasive measurement of CVP using the central venous catheter (CVPi). Agreement between CVPi and CVPni was assessed by Bland and Altman Method. Correlation was assessed by linear regression. RESULTS A strong correlation was observed between CVPi and CVPni (OR = 3.47 [2.96; 4.07], P

IntroductionPeritoneal dialysis (PD) is occasionally used in western sub-Saharan Africa to treat patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The present study is a retrospective review of the initial six years’ experience with PD for ESRD therapy in Senegal, a West African country with a population of over 12 million.Material and MethodsSingle-center retrospective cohort study of patients treated with PD between March 2004 and December 2010. Basic demographic data were collected on all patients. Peritonitis rates, causes of death and reasons for transfer to hemodialysis (HD) were determined in all patients.ResultsSixty-two patients were included in the study. The median age was 47 ± 13 years with a male/female ratio of 1.21. Nephrosclerosis and diabetic nephropathy were the main causes of ESRD. The mean Charlson score was 3 ± 1 with a range of 2 to 7. Forty five peritonitis episodes were diagnosed in 36 patients (58%) for a peritonitis rate of 1 episode/20 patient-months (0.60 episodes per year). Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were the most commonly identified organisms. Touch contamination has been implicated in 26 cases (57.7%). In 23 episodes (51%), bacterial cultures were negative. Catheter removal was necessary in 12 cases (26.6%) due to mechanical dysfunction, fungal or refractory infection. Sixteen patients died during the study.ConclusionPeritoneal dialysis is a suitable therapy which may be widely used for ESRD treatment in western sub-Saharan Africa. A good peritonitis rate can be achieved despite the difficult living conditions of patients. Challenges to the development of PD programs include training health care providers, developing an infrastructure to support the program, and developing a cost structure which permits expansion of the PD program.

Introduction: The objectives of this work were to assess haemodialytic patients' quality of life (QoL) and to identify factors affecting this QoL. Patients and Methods: It was a three (03) month monocen- tric and transversal study (from October 24, 2011 to January 27, 2012) conducted in the haemodialy- sis unit at Hubert Koutoukou Maga Teaching Hospital (CNHU-HKM) in Cotonou. Patients included were residents of Benin, aged 18 years and above, chronic haemodialysis in this unit for over 3 months, and willfully gave their consent. Quality of life was evaluated using questionnaire on Kidney Disease Quality of Life Short-Form French version 1.2 (KDQoL-SF 36). Epidemiological data, nephro- pathy etiologies and purification parametres were recorded in patients files. Data statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software 11.5. Results: In total 131 patients were involved in the study. The average age was 50.27 ± 12.17 years with a sex ratio of 1.69. Nephroangiosclerosis was the 1st cause. Most patients 128 (97.71 %) received two haemodialysis sessions on weekly basis. The Aver- age Overall Score (AOS) based respectively on SF 36 and KDQoL was 48.55 and 58.55. The average of both SF 36 and KDQoL AOS was 53.55. Factors affecting hemodialytic patients quality of life were vi- tality, limitations related to mental health and physical condition, burden of kidney disease, effect of the disease on daily life and occupational status. The study revealed that: Patients education level was correlated with vitality (p < 0.017); The number of haemodialyses sessions was correlated with the consequences of kidney disease on daily life (p < 0.025). Conclusion: It is necessary to streng- then the staff by providing a psychologist and a dietician and also build new haemodialysis centres.

The monitoring of hypertension (HTN) in dialysis is often delicate with potentially false measurements due to the white coat effect on the one hand and masked HTN (M-HTN) on the other hand. In this population, there is much controversy over the ideal moment for taking blood pressure (BP) and the target values. An answer to these questions is given by home BP measurement that can detect white coat HTN (WC-HTN) and M-HTN. The aim of this study was to determine the respective prevalence of permanent HTN (P-HTN), WC-HTN, M-HTN, and permanently normotensive (P-NTN) in this population and to analyze the risk factors of M-HTN and WC-HTN in hemodialysis (HD) centers in sub-Saharan Africa. This was a multicenter, descriptive, and analytical cross-sectional study conducted over a period of one month and 23 days. Data collection was performed using a home BP measurement form, conventional BP measurement form, and clinical and laboratory data collection form. The study included all patients who could take their BP at home using an electronic BP machine and record results on the BP forms. All analyses were performed using the Sphinx plus software version 5. The significance level for all statistical tests was set at 5%. The mean age of patients was 45.57 years ± 14.11, with a sex ratio of 1.42. The mean duration in dialysis was 57.96 months ± 34.86. Adherence to the home BP measurement was 100% in 71.7%. P-NTN patients were 15.2% (7 patients), WC-HTN patients were 13% (6 patients), M-HTN patients were 17.5% (8 patients), and P-HTN patients were 54.3% (25 patients). A statistically significant association was observed between WC-HTN and age (P = 0.01). In this work, we noted an important proportion of M-HTN and WC-HTN. This result confirms the need for home BP measurement in the follow-up of BP in HD patients.

Introduction: We reported a case of hemophagocytic syndrome complicating microscopic polyangitis presented by crescentic glomerulonephritis. Case Presentation: A 22-year-old female patient originated from Dakar, Senegal presented with nephrotic syndrome and rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. On physical examination, we noticed hyperchromic diffuse punctilious purpura skin lesions predominant on the trunk, the neck and the upper thigh. Immunology investigations revealed strongly positive anti SSA/Ro and antiSSB. Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies had positive results with a peri-nuclear type fluorescence, specific to myeloperoxidase. In optic microscopy, renal biopsy showed a crescentic glomerulonephritis with circumferential cellular and fibrous proliferation affecting 85% of glomeruli. The diagnosis of microscopic polyangitis with renal and skin involvement was retained. The patient received methylprednisolone and cyclophosphamide 700 mg/m 2 every 15 days for the first 3 pulses and every 21 days thereafter. After the 5 th month, she developed obnubilation, fever and central pancytopenia. Bone marrow aspiration was performed, which showed medullary invasion by macrophages with signs of hemophagocytosis. Diagnosis of hemophagocytic syndrome complicating a microscopic polyangitis was retained and methylprednisolone pulses started. The patient was under hemodialysis after follow-up of about 9 months with stable clinical state. Conclusions: The occurrence of SAM in pauci-autoimmune vasculitis is rarely described, particularly in Africa. Our case is an illustration of the reality of this association.

Scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) is defined as the new onset of accelerated arterial hypertension and /or rapidly progressive oliguric renal failure during the course of systemic sclerosis. It is a rare but life-threatening complication. This formerly serious complication has got a considerable brighter outlook since the introduction of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE) however the mortality is still remaining high. We report two cases of SRC which to our knowledge are the firsts described in Dakar. They were two women aged 45 and 32 years, one of them was previously following for systemic sclerosis. Both of them had malignant hypertension associated with rapidly progressive renal failure, the other was put under corticosteroid therapy four months before SRC occurrence. The histological and laboratory finding showed thrombotic microangiopathy. The height blood pressure returned to normal value after treatment with ACE inhibitors. The final outcome was undesirable with the death of one after two months due to the hemodialysis discontinuation and persistence of renal failure in the other.Keywords: Scleroderma renal crisis, corticosteroids, thrombotic microangiopathy, Dakar

Aim: Vascular access is important for a good survive in hemodialysis. It can be temporary or permanent, and needs particular attention because of possible complications, especially infectious. We conducted a study to determine the type and the outcome of vascular access in two hemodialysis units in Dakar. Materials and Methods: A multicenter retrospective study was conducted from the 1st January 2005 to 10 September 2010 in two hemodialysis centers: Hospital Aristide Le Dantec and the MDTC (Multifunctional Diagnosis and Treatment Center) of Dakar. All the patients- regularly dialyzed since at least three months in these centers were included. Results: Sixty five patients were included. The mean age was 50.2 years with a sex ratio of 1.7. The mean duration in hemodialysis was 23.2 month. Only five patients (7.80%) had an AVF before starting in hemodialysis. Sixty patients (92.2%) started dialysis with a central venous catheter. Among them, 49 (81.6%) had a double lumen femoral catheter and 11 had a jugular one with 4 tunneled. Complications of vascular access were noted for 23 patients (39.7%) with 12 infections. Blood culture was positive for Staphylococcus Aureus in seven cases. Seven patients presented lower limb thrombophlebitis. Thrombosis of the catheter was noted in four patients. Radial arterio-venous fistula (AVF) was the first intention permanent access in 41 cases (64.1%) followed by cephalic AVF in 14 cases (21.9%) and basilic AVF in 9 (14%). AVF complications were presented in 56.9% of case (40 patients). Most of them was early defect in 18 cases (27.7%), thrombosis in 9 (13.8%) and stenosis in 5 (7.7%). Radial AVF infection to Staphylococcus Aureus was noted in 3 cases, and one pseudo aneurysm was noted. Conclusion: Vascular access for hemodialysis is a great problem in Senegal. More than two third of our patients start dialysis on venous catheters, this is far from the clinical practice guidelines.

Background: Although there are numerous publications on multiple myeloma in black people, it seems sub-Saharan literature particularly Senegalese’ one is silent about Light chain deposition disease (LCDD) which is linked to immunoglobulin light chain deposition in glomerulus. The authors report the first three observations of LCDD collected in Nephrology department of Aristide Le Dantec hospital in Dakar, Senegal. Cases: we report three cases a man and two women of 61, 69 and 47 years old respectively, admitted to the Nephrology department of Aristide Le Dantec hospital for rapidly progressive renal failure in one case and a nephrotic syndrome in 2 other cases. The renal biopsy showed a nodular glomerulosclerosis and immunofluorescence microscopy, revealed deposition of IgG light chains suggesting LCDD. On the other hand, the diagnosis of multiple myeloma of IgG kappa type in 2 cases and IgG lambda type in the other one was done. A combination of chemotherapy (Mephalan Prednisone) and hemodialysis was instituted for all 3 cases. The evolution was marked by the appearance of an end stage renal disease in 2 cases and the third one was expired due to an infected bed sore secondary to a pathological fracture of the neck of the femur. Conclusion: Although the LCDD is rare, the prognosis of this syndrome seems to be poor as more than half of the patients die or progress to ESRD within 2 years.