%0 Journal Article
%T Contribution and Relevance of Transfontanellar Ultrasound in Newborns in Ouagadougou: Multicentre Study on 1000 Cases
%A Ouedraogo Pakisba Ali
%A Ouedraogo Nina-Astrid
%A Som&#233
%A Milckis&#233
%A dek Judickael
%A Dabire Stive Arnauld
%A Tankoano Ida Aida
%A Napon Aischa Madina
%A Nikiema Zakari
%A Diallo Ousseini
%A Lougue Sorgho Leonie Claudine
%A Cisse Rabiou
%J Open Journal of Radiology
%P 64-73
%@ 2164-3032
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojrad.2024.142007
%X <b>Objectives: </b>To demonstrate the contribution and relevance of ETFs through the study of 1000 examination reports carried out in the medical imaging departments of the OUAGADOUGOU CHU. <b>Material and method: </b>Analytical descriptive study with retrospective collection, extended from 1st January 2020 to 1st January 2022. <b>Results: </b>Of the 1000 transfontanellar ultrasound reports, the mean age of patients was 7.61 +/− 7.5 days, with extremes of zero and 28 days. Sex was specified in 989 cases. Males accounted for 54.49% and females for 45.51%. 555 transfontanellar ultrasound were performed in 2020. 441 in 2021 and 4 in 2022. 61.9% of transfontanellar ultrasound were performed at the Bogodogo University Hospital, 205 at Charles de Gaulle and 176 at Tengandogo. Indications for transfontanellar ultrasound were dominated by neonatal distress (65.8%), followed by convulsions (10.2%) and prematurity (9.1%). Transfontanellar ultrasound was normal in 570 cases (57%) and abnormal in 430 cases (43%). Abnormalities were dominated by haemorrhage and ischaemic lesions in 66.28% (285) and 21.63% (93) of cases respectively. In the group of normal transfontanellar ultrasound, neonatal distress represented 59.65% of indications and prematurity 10.7% of indications. As for abnormal transfontanellar ultrasound, neonatal suffering accounted for 73.95% of indications and convulsions for 12.56%. The average age ofpatients with an abnormal transfontanellar ultrasound was 8.74 days +/− 7.89 days. The indication for investigations was relevant in 42.2% of cases and irrelevant in 57.8%; of the transfontanellar ultrasound with relevant indications, 0.71 were normal and 99.29 abnormal; of the transfontanellar ultrasound with irrelevant indications, the transfontanellar ultrasound was normal in 98.1% and abnormal in 1.9%. <b>Conclusion: </b>Transfontanellar ultrasound is an important part of ultrasound in current practice. Haemorrhage, anoxic-ischaemic lesions and hydrocephalus are the most frequent pathologies found by this technique in newborns. Whether or not the examinations were normal depended on the appropriateness of the prescription.
%K Transfontanellar Ultrasound
%K Neonatal Distress
%K Relevance
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=133209