TY  - JOUR
AU  - Barry Souleymane Djigué
AU  - Diallo Mohamed Tafsir
AU  - Touré Mohamed Lamine
AU  - Diallo Souleymane Mbara
AU  - Carlos Othon Guelngar
AU  - Diallo Bademba
AU  - Camara Namory
AU  - Sakadi Foksouna
AU  - Diallo Mariama Boubacar
AU  - Koné Adama
AU  - Hinami Madandi
AU  - Lamah Eugen
AU  - Barry Abdoul Karim Telico
AU  - Cissé Fodé Abass
AU  - Cissé Amara
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/09/24
TI  - Probable Vascular Dementia in the Tropics: A Study of Twenty-Six (26) Observations at Conakry University Hospital
JO  - Neurology and Neuroscience
VL  - 4
IS  - 3
AB  - Introduction: In tropical environments, the diagnostic certainty of vascular dementia is difficult to
establish due to under-medicalization, delays in consultation and above all the inadequacy of exploration
methods.
Material and methods: We analyzed the records of 153 patients hospitalized for dementia syndrome
over a period from January 1, 2016 to December 21, 2021 in the Neurology Department of the Centre
Hospitalo-. Universitaire de Conakry. Dementia status was assessed according to the Clinical Evaluation
Scale (ECD), Confirmed by Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE<24) cognitive tests or Neuro,
behavioral Cognitive Status Examination (NCSE) score.
Results: 26 (twenty-six) patients fulfilled the DSM-IV criteria for vascular dementia, based on the
association of dementia and cerebrovascular disease certified by the presence of focal neurological signs
of vascular origin and imaging data.
Conclusion: this study shows a non-stereotyped clinical and etiological profile of the spectrum of
vascular dementias in the tropics, in a context of under-medicalization. These results are useful for
diagnostic and prognostic discussion.
SN  - 2692-7918
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.33425/2692-7918.1055
DO  - 10.33425/2692-7918.1055