Biomedical waste is currently a real health and environmental concern. In this regard, a study was conducted in 5 hospitals in Dakar to review their management of biomedical waste and to formulate recommendations. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted from 1 April to 31 July 2010 in five major hospitals of Dakar. A questionnaire administered to hospital managers, heads of depart...

Background: Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy is a new tool in the Senegalese therapeutic arsenal. Symptomatic bone metastases affect quality of life patients. Analgesic proposed to patients relieve them. Patients and methods: A prospective descriptive study was carried out on all with symptomatic metastasis. Hypo-fractionated performed painful site. The visual analogue scale used assess...

Introduction: Carotid web (CW), a rare and probably unknown arterial cause of ischemic stroke (IS), is commonly reported in young black patients, although most the published cases resided non-African country. We describe features first six Senegalese diagnosed at Neurology Department Fann Teaching Hospital Dakar. Patients Method: It was preliminary retrospective prospective study conducted depa...

To the Editor: Amplification and overexpression of the Plasmo-dium falciparum multidrug resistance 1 gene (Pfmdr1) have been associated with mefloquine resistance in P. Another isolate was obtained in a patient from Benin who did not respond clinically to mefloquine treatment (8). Pfmdr1 amplification has not been found in samples collected either before or after treatment for recurring P. falc...

The bold conclusion they have drawn from this paper is not right and not according to the title and results. "All the physicians surveyed agreed, but with different emphasis, that telemedicine is not the only factor that determines recruitment and retention...." I didn't read anything about perception in this conclusion: We changed the conclusion. Introduction: the introduction section is very ...

Angio eccrine hamartoma (EAH) is a rare, benign tumoral lesion composed of glands and vascular structures in the mid dermis. We report on two observations Dakar. Observation 1: A four-month-old infant was seen for an erythematous plaque, rounded, with smooth surface, asymptomatic, localized to right thigh, evolving three months. The clinical appearance suggested spitz tumour. Cutaneous histolog...