Christian Kakisingi

University of Lubumbashi · Internal Medecine

The intensive care unit remains a paradigm of rare pathologies culminating in often unusual syndromes.Sheehan's syndrome (SS) is a potentially serious postpartum complication which corresponds to ischemic necrosis of the anterior pituitary related to postpartum hemorrhage. It remains topical despite the improvement in gynecological and obstetrics m...

Introduction: female sex workers (FSWs) are considered a high-risk group for acquiring HIV infection due to their HIV prevalence estimated to be 10-20 times higher than in woman in the general population. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of HIV among female sex workers (FSWs) in Lubumbashi. Methods: a cross-sectional...

Introduction Le paludisme grave est encore de nos jours un problème majeur de santé publique dans notre milieu. Sa morbidité et sa mortalité sont encore élevées surtout chez les enfants de moins de 5 ans. C'est dans la communauté que sont administrés les premiers soins et l'on n'y remarque souvent une attitude mitigée qui fait penser à une insuffis...

Introduction: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) are the leading causes of death from infectious disease worldwide. The prevalence of HIV among children with TB in moderate to high prevalence countries ranges between 10% and 60%. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of HIV infection among children treated for TB in Dir...

Introduction Le surpoids et l’obésité au cours de l’adolescence constituent un problème préoccupant de santé publique à l’échelle mondiale en raison de leur retentissement potentiel sur la santé et de leur fréquence croissante. La présente étude avait pour objectif de déterminer la prévalence du surpoids et de l’obésité chez les adolescents scolari...

Introduction: Despite multiple efforts, malaria remains an urgent and deadly disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We analyzed incidence trends over eight years in the health district of Lubumbashi. Methods: We conducted an observational study based on annual data from PNLP / Haut-Katanga from January 2007 to December 2014. The analysis of t...

Background: Material and human resources, staff training and reassessment of critical care processes may be possible depending on the sociodemographic characteristics and outcomes of the critically ill patient admitted to ICU. We sought to describe the sociodemo

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major public health and socio-economic issues in the 21st century globally. Assessment of TB treatment outcomes, and monitoring and evaluation of its risk factors in Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) are among the major indicators of the performance of a national TB control program. Thus,...

Introduction: l'objectif de cette étude était de donner le profil de la pression artérielle (PA) des adolescents âgés de 15 à 19 ans en milieu scolaire à Lubumbashi, République Démocratique du Congo. Méthodes: il s'agit d'une étude transversale, portant sur les adolescents âgés de 15 à 19 ans au moyen d'un échantillonnage aléatoire des écoles secon...

Background: The diagnosis of hypertension in children is complex because based on normative values by sex, age and height, and these values vary depending on the environment. Available BP references used, because of the absence of local data, do not correspond to our pediatric population. Accordingly, our study aimed to provide the BP threshold for...

Objective: Evaluate PMTCT services in the Lubumbashi Health Zone. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study carried out in the maternity wards of all 18 maternities in the Lubumbashi Health Zone from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015; one of the 27 health zones in the province of Haut-Katanga (DR Congo). Included were all women who received prenata...

Introduction: obesity is known as one of adjuvant factors for increase in non-communiable diseases (NCDs). The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of obesity and identify its risk factors among women of the central market of Lusonga in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo. Methods: in October 2014, we interviewed a total of 430 wom...

My poster informs us about the frequency of malaria in the medical district of Lubumbashi (D.R Congo) and gives us the rate of use of the services of antenatal care during a period of 5 years

Introduction: Malaria remains a major health problem in low-income countries. Therefore, malaria control is a public health priority in endemic countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo. The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of malaria in pregnant women and the rate of utilization of services at the PNC. Methods: A descriptiv...

Purpose: ICUs are the places where patients requiring organ support are admitted, for this reason they are many deaths. The inefficiency of DR Congo health system and the deplorable socioeconomic situation can affect the ICU outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess mortality risk factors in a polyvalent intensive care unit Methods: A retrospec...

Introduction: la maladie rénale chronique constitue un véritable problème mondial de santé publique du fait de l'augmentation de ses principaux facteurs de risque à savoir l'hypertension artérielle et le diabète sucré. Dans nos milieux à faible revenu et spécialement dans notre pays, peu d'études sont connues sur cette pathologie diagnostiquée à un...

The objective of this study is to determine the frequency of conduction disorders and associated echocardiographic lesions diagnosis. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study of patients received at the center of cardiology of Lubumbashi with a conduction disorder at the surface ECG and a known echocardiographic diagnosis. The frequency of condu...

Introduction: Superficial lymphadenopathy is a frequent reason for consultation in Internal Medicine. The diagnosis approach even done by a meticulous clinical examination has to be completed with investigations such as medical imagery and pathologic study. In low-income countries like Democratic Republic of Congo, means for proper diagnosis remain...

Context : Diabetes mellitus prevalence is in steady increase in sub-Saharan Africa. It constitutes an independent cardiovascular risk factor. Myocardial ischemia that it causes is frequently asymptomatic; its diagnosis is done by rest or exertion electrocardiograms (ECG). Association between electrocardiographic abnormalities and cardiovascular eve...

Introduction: The causes of superficial lymphadenopathy are diverse and their prognosis is often unknown. The diagnosis of superficial lymphadenopathy remains a challenge because, alone, its clinical picture doesn’t allow differentiating between an infectious disease and a non-transmissible disease. The aim of this study is to describe epidemiologi...

Introduction: Malaria infection and HIV infection are major public health issues in several parts of the world. Together they have caused more than a million deaths per year. Africa, and Sub-Saharan in particular are the most affected. Our study objective is to determine the prevalence of Malaria/HIV co-infection and describe its immunological, vir...

Introduction Le paludisme demeure un problème de santé majeur dans les pays à faible revenu. Par conséquent, le contrôle du paludisme est une priorité de santé publique dans les pays endémiques comme la République Démocratique du Congo. Cette étude a pour objectif de déterminer la fréquence du paludisme chez la femme enceinte et le taux d’utilisat...

Introduction: ensuring a good haemovigilance remains a major public health problem in low income countries. Transfusion-transmissible infectious agents such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and syphilis must be subject to regular and permanent epidemiological surveillance in order to reduce the...

Immunological, virological, parasitic and biological profile of Malaria/HIV co-infection in 18 years old and above patients in Lubumbashi (DR Congo) Kakisingi C, Mukuku O, Manika M, Mutombo A, Kasamba E, Tshikuluila B, Mawaw P, Mwamba C, Luboya O. Summary Introduction Malaria infection and HIV infection are major public health issues in several pa...

Introduction. L’assurance d’une bonne hémovigilance reste un problème majeur de santé publique dans les pays à faible revenu. Les agents infectieux transmissibles par transfusion tels que le virus de l’immunodéficience humaine (VIH), le virus de l’hépatite B (VHB), le virus de l’hépatite C (VHC) et la syphilis doivent être soumis à une surveillance...

Contexte : Les adénopathies superficielles sont des manifestations cliniques de pathologies dont les étiologies sont multiples. Ce symptôme devient un motif courant de consultation. L’objectif de ce travail est de décrire les aspects épidémiologiques, cliniques et cytopathologiques des adénopathies superficielles dans le service de Médecine Interne...

Introduction: L'objectif de notre travail était de déterminer la distribution sociodémographique des patients tuberculeux, les types de tuberculose en fonction de la localisation de la maladie et déterminer l'issue thérapeutique des patients en fonction de différentes localisations. Méthodes: C'est une étude descriptive transversale des patients di...

L'utérus bicorne bicervical perméable est une malformation utérine assez rare et son diagnostic est souvent posé fortuitement au cours d'un examen fait pour autre but. Il est asymptomatique et au cours d'une grossesse, cette malformation peut passer inaperçue si aucune surveillance prénatale n'a été faite. Nous rapportons un cas d'utérus bicorne bi...

Nous rapportons un cas de carcinome épidermoïde de la vulve chez gestante porteuse d'une grosse gémellaire qui a consulté dans le service de gynéco-obstetrique des Cliniques Universitaires de Lubumbashi à un stade avancé de la pathologie et après avoir essayé un traitement insuffisant ailleurs.