Yannick Brouste
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Incidence and prehospital management of convulsive status epilepticus in Martinique, a French Caribbean territory Open
Objective Status epilepticus (SE) is an acute complication that can either occur in the course of epilepsy, or reflect an acute neurological or systemic disorder. SE incidence and associated mortality vary across regions and studied popula…
Health informatics support for outbreak management: How to respond without an electronic health record? Open
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Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Severe Acute Adult Poisoning Cases in Martinique: Implicated Toxic Exposures and Their Outcomes Open
The epidemiology of severe acute poisonings in the French overseas departments of the Americas remains poorly reported. The main objective of this study was to determine the epidemiology and characteristics of severe acutely poisoned adult…
Infectious Complications Following Snakebite by Bothrops lanceolatus in Martinique: A Case Series Open
Infections secondary to snakebite occur in a number of patients and are potentially life-threatening. Bothrops lanceolatus bites in Martinique average 30 cases per year and may result in severe thrombotic and infectious complications. We a…
Guillain-Barré Syndrome Associated With Zika Virus Infection in Martinique in 2016: A Prospective Study Open
ZIKV infection is usually benign, when symptomatic, but in countries at risk of ZIKV epidemics, adequate intensive care bed capacity is required for management of severe GBS cases. Arbovirus RNA detection by RT-PCR should be part of the ma…
Zika virus detection in cerebrospinal fluid from two patients with encephalopathy, Martinique, February 2016 Open
We report two cases of encephalopathy (one with seizures, one with electroencephalogram changes) in patients with Zika virus infection. The cases occurred on Martinique in February 2016, during the Zika virus outbreak. Awareness of the var…
Zika virus detection in urine from patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome on Martinique, January 2016 Open
We report two cases of Guillain–Barré syndrome who had concomitant Zika virus viruria. This viruria persisted for longer than 15 days after symptom onset. The cases occurred on Martinique in January 2016, at the beginning of the Zika virus…