Epidemiological, Clinical and Etiological Aspects of Ascites in the Medicine Department at the Departmental University Hospital of Borgou
Epidemiological, Clinical and Etiological Aspects of Ascites in the Medicine Department at the Departmental University Hospital of Borgou作者机构：Departemental Teaching Hospital of Borgou Parakou Benin National Teaching Hospital Cotonou Benin
出 版 物：《Open Journal of Internal Medicine》 (内科学期刊（英文）)
年 卷 期：2017年第7卷第3期
页 面：58-63页
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题：Profile Ascite Medicine Department Parakou
摘 要：Goals: The study has been initiated in order to describe the epidemiological, clinical and etiological aspect of the ascites. Patients and methods: This was a retrospective and descriptive study on the patients with an ascite and followed at the medicine department of Borgou departmental teaching hospital. Results: A total of 190 patients have presented an ascite or a hospital prevalence at 3.93%. A male predominance has been observed with a sex-ratio at 1.7. The average age was 39.7 ± 13.9 years. The reason for consultation is dominated by the increase of the abdominal volume (69.5%). The ascite fluid is macroscopically yellow citrine. The cirrhosis (28.5%) and the heart diseases (18.6%) were the most encountered causes of the ascites. Conclusion: The etiologies of ascites are various and dominated by the hepatic cirrhosis and the heart diseases.
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