Postpartum @entity712 (PPCF) is the most frequent clinical form of @entity712 in hospitalized @entity1 in Sudanese-Sahelian Africa. We have previously studied this disease in a hospital setting. Although the incidence is relatively high in rural areas, no systematic field study has been carried out. In this report, we describe a retrospective study conducted in the western part of @entity3456 in July-August 1991. Sixty-two villages were visited and a thorough search for @entity1 was initiated (from a population of 79,941 inhabitants, 19,941 females 14-40 years of age, corrected census of 1988). Twenty-eight @entity1 from 27 villages were included. The subject @entity1 were those presenting with predefined symptoms ( @entity1353 and cough) and physical signs ( @entity4 of the legs) of @entity712 during the six-month period following delivery. Apart from arterial @entity101 and previous PPCF, diagnosis of another @entity299 was an exclusion criterion. The prevalence of PPCF was 1.40 per 1,000 females of @entity1 -bearing age. The clinical profiles of these cases were in accordance with those of a previous study in 1989 carried out at Niamey Hospital. These results were a mean +/- SD age of 28 +/- 7 years, multiparity (mean = 4 @entity1 ), poor socioeconomic status, postpartum ablutions with hot water, and a high @entity1372 intake. This is the first study on the clinical prevalence of PPCF in a Sudanese/Sahelian population living in a rural area.

Postpartum XXXX in Sudanese-Sahelian Africa: clinical prevalence in western @entity3456 .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'children', 'patients', 'child'] @entity712 :: ('MESH:D006333', 'Disease') :: ['congestive heart failure', 'cardiac failure', 'heart failure'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['hypertension'] @entity1353 :: ('MESH:D004417', 'Disease') :: ['dyspnea'] @entity4 :: ('MESH:D004487', 'Disease') :: ['edema'] @entity1372 :: ('MESH:D012964', 'Chemical') :: ['sodium'] @entity3456 :: ('4230', 'Species') :: ['Niger'] @entity299 :: ('MESH:D006331', 'Disease') :: ['cardiac disease']
@entity712 :: (MESH:D006333,Disease) :: ['cardiac failure']
