%0 Journal Article
%T Contribution of the Fundus Examination in  the Management of General Pathologies in Hospital in Lomé-Togo
%A Nouhou Diori Adam
%A Nonon Saa Kassoula Batomaguela
%A Dzidzinyo Kossi
%A Abbey Abbevi Elie
%A Abdou Zakou
%A Yacoubou Soumana
%A Abdou Amza
%A Komi Patrice Balo
%J Open Journal of Internal Medicine
%P 52-61
%@ 2162-5980
%D 2019
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojim.2019.93008
%X Many general conditions have an impact on the fundus. The purpose of our work was to study the epidemiological profile of patients referred to our service for a review of the fundus and analyze the results. It was a retrospective study description of the examinations of the fundus during the period from January 2016 to December 2017. In the ophthalmology department of the Lom¨¦ University Hospital Center, during the study period, 1019 consultations were recorded, of which 727 were for fundus 6.84%. There were 336 men and 391 women, a sex ratio of 0.85. The age group 40 - 69 years accounted for 61.9%. The frequency of the main reasons for the request was hypertension 54.2% (N = 394); hypertension complicated or associated with other conditions (CKI, CKD, pregnancy and diabetes) accounted for 21.6% (N = 157), headache associated with a decrease in visual acuity 8.25% (N = 60), diabetes 6.46% (N = 47) and sickle cell disease 0.69% (N = 5). Hospitalized patients 52.41% (N = 381). The fundus was abnormal in 546 patients or 75.11%. Hypertensive retinopathy was found 80.21% cases in hypertensive patients, diabetic retinopathy 43.42 in diabetic patients. Diabetics Fundus examination in hospital practice found a retinal lesion in three-quarters of cases. It so important to ask the examination of the fundus most often in the current pactise.
%K Fundus
%K Hypertensive Retinopathy
%K Diabetic Retinopathy
%K Headache Lom&amp
%K eacute
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=94481