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Neurological Disorders among the Outpatients Living with Human Immuno Deficiency Virus (HIV) Following at the Parakou Hospital in 2014 ()
- Source :
- Neuroscience & Medicine, Neuroscience & Medicine, http://www.scirp.org/journal/nm, 2019, 10 (3), pp.199-206
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2019.
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Abstract
- International audience; Objective: To study the frequency of neurological disorders associated to HIV infection. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out from 16th June to 16th September 2014 and included all 289 HIV-outpatients admitted to the Parakou University hospital. All data were recorded, physical examination was performed and the medical sheet of each patient was assessed. The diagnosis of neurological disorder (central and peripheral) was based on clinical features, past medical history, biological test and CT-scan data after multidisciplinary staff. Epi-data and Epi-Info 6.04C were used to perform analysis. Results: They were 73 (25.3%) male with a mean age of 38.0 years +/− 10.1 years. The mean duration of disease was 48.5 months +/− 37.1 months. 150 (51.9%) of them were at Stage 3 of the disease. All patients (99.7%) were infected by HIV1, 188 (76.1%) had CD4 cells at the onset of the follow-up less than 350 cells/mm3 and 260 (90.0%) were on ART. Among the 289 patients, 110 had at least one neurological disorder, the frequency of neurological disorders was 38.1%. The main neurological disorders were peripheral neuropathy (34.3%), isolated headache (5.2%), stroke (0.7%), cerebral toxoplasmosis (0.7%) and one case of dementia (0.7%). The main associated factors were the age of patient and exposure on neurotoxic drug, especially ART. Conclusion: The neurological disorders were more frequent among HIV patients with a high frequency of peripheral neuropathy probably due to ART.
- Subjects :
- Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Epidemiology
Physical examination
Neurological disorder
Neurological Disorders
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
medicine
Dementia
030212 general & internal medicine
Stroke
Peripheral Neuropathy
Past medical history
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
HIV
medicine.disease
3. Good health
AIDS
Peripheral neuropathy
[SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21582912
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Neuroscience & Medicine, Neuroscience & Medicine, http://www.scirp.org/journal/nm, 2019, 10 (3), pp.199-206
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....71c81a26dc942222531c980ff6ada892