ABSTRACT
Spontaneous gastric perforation is rare in infants and the mechanisms leading to its onset are poorly understood. This study reports the first case of spontaneous gastric perforation occurred in Congo. This case report describes a 5-month years old female infant who, on the fourth day of hospitalization for severe acute bronchiolitis associated with diarrhea complicated by moderate acute dehydration, had violent onset of severe and painful abdominal distension associated with signs of shock. Abdominal x-ray without treatment showed a large volume pneumoperitoneum. Laparotomy showed round perforation on the posterior wall of the stomach which was sutured. The postoperative course was marked by the occurrence of septic shock and by infant death.
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Bronchiolitis/diagnosis , Diarrhea/etiology , Pneumoperitoneum/diagnostic imaging , Stomach Rupture/diagnosis , Acute Disease , Bronchiolitis/physiopathology , Congo , Female , Hospitalization , Humans , Infant , Laparotomy/methods , Stomach Rupture/physiopathology , Stomach Rupture/surgeryABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: In Congo, data on diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in children are old and rare. This study aims to describe the sociodemographic features of DKA and to identify risk factors for mortality. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We conducted an analytical study on DKA in childred at the University Hospital in Brazzaville over the period from January 2013 to June 2016. We examined the socio-demographic, clinical, paraclinical and evolutionary variables. Chi-Square Test, Fisher's exact test and odds ratio were used in the univariate analysis process and logistic regression model in the multivariate analysis. RESULTS: Out of 172 children hospitalized with diabetes 55 (31%) were hospitalized with ketoacidosis. They were girls (33; 60%) with an average age of 11.1± 4.9 years (ranging from 1 months to 17 years), 61.8% of parents came from low socioeconomic status. Ketoacidosis was the revealing symptom in 67.2 % of cases. The diagnosis made before hospitalization was wrong (50%). The triggering factor was often an infection (52.7%). Mortality rate was 12.7%. The risk factors for mortality in the univariate analysis were: age < 5 years (p=0,000006), average consultation time higher than 7 days (p= 0.001), severe dehydration (p = 0.0006), hemodynamic disorders (p= 0.0006), severe undernutrition (p= 0.02), Glasgow Coma Scale < 9 (p= 0.007) and diarrhea (p= 0.001). CONCLUSION: The importance and the seriousness of ketoacidosis impose preventive measures based on awareness, information and education campaigns as well as on the management of risk factors for mortality.
