Research Article
Epidemiological and Clinical Aspects of Arf in the Pediatrics Department of the Ignace Denn National Hospital in Conakry (Guinea)
Issue:
Volume 14, Issue 1, March 2025
Pages:
1-5
Received:
16 December 2024
Accepted:
31 December 2024
Published:
17 January 2025
DOI:
10.11648/j.sjcm.20251401.11
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Abstract: Acute renal failure (ARF) is a major public health problem, with incidence in newborns and children ranging from 4.5 to 82%, and mortality from 19 to 83%. The aim was to determine the frequency of acute renal failure in children admitted to the pediatric ward of the Hospital National Ignace Deen. Patients and Method: This was a dynamic descriptive study covering the period from April 1er to September 30 2023; children under 16 years of age with a sudden rise in creatinine above 1.6 mg/dl were included in the study. Results: The incidence of acute renal failure was 7.93%; mean age 8.04 ±3 years. The sex ratio was 2 in favor of men. Clinical signs were dominated by fever, physical asthenia, anorexia and conjunctival pallor (91.67%, 66.67%, 58.33% and 56.25% respectively); proteinuria, hematuria and biluribinuria were found at Urine Test Strip (BU) (54.17%, 29.17% and 41.67% respectively). Stage I ARF predominated, at 52.02%; organic ARF was found in 54.10% of cases. Mortality in this series was 14.58%. Conclusion: the management of pediatric renal failure at the complication stage is currently a major problem for healthcare professionals, due to the lack of nephropediatric services or specialized centers for extra-renal purification in the various health facilities in Guinea.
Abstract: Acute renal failure (ARF) is a major public health problem, with incidence in newborns and children ranging from 4.5 to 82%, and mortality from 19 to 83%. The aim was to determine the frequency of acute renal failure in children admitted to the pediatric ward of the Hospital National Ignace Deen. Patients and Method: This was a dynamic descriptive ...
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Research Article
Vision 2030 of the International Dental Federation a Challenge for Cuban Stomatology
Ismaray Contreras Cobas*
,
Elizabeth Velázquez del Castillo
Issue:
Volume 14, Issue 1, March 2025
Pages:
6-11
Received:
11 February 2025
Accepted:
28 February 2025
Published:
29 April 2025
DOI:
10.11648/j.sjcm.20251401.12
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Abstract: Background: it is necessary to know the challenges that Cuban dentistry and higher education must face in order to act in the face of economic limitations, its relationship with science, technology and innovation, and the training of professional skills to achieve the goal of Vision 2030. Objective: assessment of economic limitations and integration with science, technology and innovations in relation to the challenges of 2030 Vision and the level of specific and transversal competencies in the training of professionals in the health area. Methods: a descriptive-cross-sectional investigation was carried out, from March to May 2021, at "Marta Abreu" University Polyclinic, in Santa Clara, Villa Clara. Theoretical methods were used: analysis-synthesis and inductive-deductive; empirical ones: survey and documentary review; the mathematical to determine the absolute values and percentage. Results: some challenges were identified: absence of appropriate technology, limited adoption of initiatives in health promotion and prevention, understanding of alarm signals, following a path of constant learning and improvement, real restrictions in the integration with science and innovation, and promote practical investigations based on students' researching, communication and knowledge updating skills. Conclusions: Cuban dentistry has objective economic limitations, which can be overcome with its integration into science, technology and innovation, and the promotion of skills that allow them to act creatively in the most diverse scenarios.
Abstract: Background: it is necessary to know the challenges that Cuban dentistry and higher education must face in order to act in the face of economic limitations, its relationship with science, technology and innovation, and the training of professional skills to achieve the goal of Vision 2030. Objective: assessment of economic limitations and integratio...
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