M L Touré, G C Othon, A Touré, M Diakité, K Condé, D F Kassa, F Sakadi, D Camara, S Conde, V Millimono, M S Diallo, S M Diallo, J M Kadji, E Lamah, F A Cisse, A Cisse
In sub-Saharan Africa, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe malnutrition in elderly populations with the appearance of vitamin deficiencies, in particular thiamine responsible for Gayet Wernicke's encephalopathy (EGW). We present a series of six (6) patients hospitalized in the Neurology Department of the CHU Ignace Deen for the management of a brain syndrome with vigilance disorders after recovery from COVID-19, including oculomotor disorders, motor incoordination on a course of severe weight loss. The six patients underwent an evaluation of malnutrition by determining the WHO body mass index, the Detsky index, the serum albumin assay, the thiamine assay and a neuroradiological assessment (MRI) and an electroencephalogram (EEG) examination although this does not seem necessary for diagnosis...
January 2023: Georgian Medical News