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- Title
APPORT DU BILAN MEDICAL CHEZ LE TRAVAILLEUR DE MINES AU BURKINA FASO.
- Authors
Ouédraogo, S. M.; Sondo, K. A.; Kyélem, C. G.; Maiga, S.; Ouédraogo, M.; Drabo, Y. J.
- Abstract
Introduction : The inhalation of the dust of silica stemming from the craft mining in Burkina Faso is associated with a lot of case of pneumoconiose. A medical balance sheet before and after the hiring of worker of mine should allow to make the diagnosis. Material and method : It was about a retrospective transverse study with descriptive aim from January, 2010 till December, 2012 at worker of mine received in structures of care of the city of Ouagadougou for medical check-ups. The data were collected by means of a questionnaire informed during the exploitation of their files. Results : 331 worker of mine, all male were one average age old of 33.05 ± 5.9 years old [21-54]. Among them, 224 (67.7%) had come for a medical examination of hiring (MEH).The consumption of tobacco and alcohol were found at more than 40% of the worker of mine in the MEH. No respiratory functional sign, and very few thoracic radiographic anomaly (RT) had been brought reported at the worker of mine then VME.In the annual medical examination (AME) the respiratory functional signs were found at 63,9% of the worker, and dominated by the dyspnoea of effort (19.6%).The spirometry revealed disorders obstructive ventilator to 40.9% of the worker. The TR showed small opacities rounded off by types "p" and "q" in 33.3% of the cases. All in all 57 worker (25.4%) were declared unfit during this MEH. Conclusion: The medical chech-up remains a strong link for the prevention of the appearance of the professional diseases of which the pneumoconiose at every worker of mine. It should completed by individual precautionary measures that collective.
- Publication
Mali Médical, 2015, Vol 30, Issue 3, p13
- ISSN
0464-7874
- Publication type
Article