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ArticleBMC research notes2018

Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: a 4-year experience from two tertiary care centres in Cameroon.

Rene Ndongo, Paul Nkemtendong Tolefac, Faustin Félicien Mouafo Tambo, Matin Hongieh Abanda, Marcelin Ngowe Ngowe, Olivier Fola, Bonaventure Dzekem, Patrick Eroyl Weledji, Maurice Aurelien Sosso, Jacqueline Ze Minkande

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Article in BMC research notes, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Rene NdongoYaounde Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Paul Nkemtendong TolefacFaculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon. ptolefac15@gmail.com.
Faustin Félicien Mouafo TamboFaculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Matin Hongieh AbandaClnical Research Education Networking and Consultancy, Douala, Cameroon.
Marcelin Ngowe NgoweFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Olivier FolaFaculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Bonaventure DzekemClnical Research Education Networking and Consultancy, Douala, Cameroon.
Patrick Eroyl WeledjiFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Maurice Aurelien SossoFaculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Jacqueline Ze MinkandeFaculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Université de Yaoundé I · CMUniversity of Douala · CMUniversity of Buea · CMCentral Hospital of Yaoundé · CM

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study aimed to describe the clinical characteristics of patients with infantile hypertrophic stenosis, management and its outcome in two tertiary care centres in Cameroon.

resultsA total of 21 patients were included from the two centres. The mean age at presentation was 5.2 ± 1.2 weeks, predominantly male with a male-to-female ratio of 4.25:1. The triad of vomiting, visible peristalsis and palpable mass was present in only 7 (33.3%) of the participants. The diagnosis was confirmed with ultrasounds in all participants. Ramstedt pyloromyotomy was done in all participants and in 9.5% of the participants it was complicated by intra-operative duodenal perforation whereas in the postoperative period the most common complications were vomiting (6, 28.6%), sepsis (2, 9.5%), and paralytic ileus (2, 9.5%). The mortality rate from the series is 9.5%. According to univariate logistic regression: severe dehydration [OR = 5.41, 95% CI = (3.11-6.97), p = 0.002], hypokalaemia [OR = 2.63, 95% CI = (1.02-5.91), p = 0.042] and surgical site infection [OR = 3.12, 95% CI (1.22-5.64), p = 0.023] were the main predictors of mortality whereas postoperative hospital length of stay > 5 days was significantly associated with surgical site infection [OR = 2.44, 95% CI = (1.12-6.44), p = 0.002] and postoperative nausea and vomiting [OR = 3.64, 95% CI = (1.18-6.64), p = 0.022].

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Tertiary Care CentersCameroonFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLength of StayLogistic ModelsMaleNauseaPostoperative ComplicationsPyloric Stenosis, HypertrophicPyloromyotomyVomitingExperienceInfantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosisMortalityOutcomeRamstedt

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