Fièvre prolongée chez l’enfant au Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pédiatrique Charles-de-Gaulle de Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Hamidou Savadogo; Lassina  Dao; Alain Saga Ouermi; Kpèrè Somé; Diarra Yé

doi:10.4314/rasp.v7i1.8

Authors

Hamidou Savadogo Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pédiatrique Charles-de-Gaulle
Lassina Dao Unité de formation et de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (UFR/SDS), Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, 01 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 01
Alain Saga Ouermi Unité de formation et de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (UFR/SS), Université Lédéa Bernard Ouédraogo, 01 BP 346 Ouahigouya 01
Kpèrè Somé
Diarra Yé Unité de formation et de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (UFR/SDS), Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, 01 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 01

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4314/rasp.v7i1.8

Keywords:

Prolonged fever - Child - CHUP-CDG - Ouagadougou - Africa

Abstract

Fever is a common sign in paediatrics. This study examines prolonged fever in children at the Charles-de-Gaulle Paediatric University Hospital in Ouagadougou. It was a cross-sectional study with retrospective data collection that took place over the period from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2020 (five years). Children aged between one month and 15 years were included, who had presented with a fever lasting more than 7 consecutive days, and who had been hospitalised in the paediatric medical service during the study period. Ninety-seven cases of prolonged fever were recorded, representing 0.8% of hospital admissions. There were 60 boys and 37 girls, giving a sex ratio 1.6. Children aged between one month and 5 years were most affected (79.4%). The average duration of the fever was 13.5 days plus or minus 10.5 days (extremes: 7 and 83 days). An infectious cause was found in 93.8% of cases. No cause was found in 4.1% of cases. The outcome was favourable in 92 children (94.9% of cases). We recorded 4 deaths (4.1% of cases). The average length of hospitalisation was 10.9 days plus or minus 8.7 (extremes 2 and 50 days). The aetiologies of prolonged fever continue to be dominated by infectious causes. Acquiring the means for rapid diagnosis of viral infections could improve the rapid management of patients in our context.

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