Abstract:Background: The ageing population in developing countries has brought a demographic and an epidemiological transition, with the impact of chronic diseases resulting from life style changes on the health status of the population. Objective: To describ a profile geriatrics patient, specifically to identify epidemiologic, clinical, etiologic and outcome of this group at the department of internal medicine to NNH Patients and method: Medical records of all geriatric patients aged ≥65 years admitted at the department of NNH Between January 2012 and December 2015 were retrieved and reviewed retrospectively. Results: A total of 6074 admissions at the internal medicine department of NNH over three years were reported and 1130 (18, 6%) were geriatrics patients, the average age was 75, 95 years and more than half were men (50,7%). 80 % of patients were in the young old group (65-74 years), 13% in the old group (75-84 years) and 7% in the oldest old group (≥85 years). High blood pressure was the frequent comorbidity (12, 3%) and the most symptoms caused hospitalization were stroke (17, 6%), fevers (16, 5%) and worst health (13, 1%). Frequent illnesses were cardiovascular diseases (38.4%), infections, (19.2%) and endocrine diseases (11%). The average length of hospital stays was 8, 7 days. The mortality rate was 18, 2% and the worst outcomes factors were female sex, frail elderly group in 75 to 84 years and high blood pressure. Conclusion: Chronic diseases were responsible of morbidity and mortality for the majority elderly's patient.

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La troponine T ultra-sensible (us), marqueur biologique spécifique du cœur, peut être élevée dans des conditions pathologiques autres que le syndrome coronarien aigu. Ces autres causes peuvent ou non être directement liées aux maladies cardiaques. Nous rapportons le cas d'une patiente de 85 ans présentant de multiples événements cardiovasculaires qui présentait une élévation de la troponine T us à 1088 pg/ml, probablement due à de multiples étiologies.

La troponine T ultra-sensible (us), marqueur biologique spécifique du cœur, peut être élevée dans des conditions pathologiques autres que le syndrome coronarien aigu. Ces autres causes peuvent ou non être directement liées aux maladies cardiaques. Nous rapportons le cas d'une patiente de 85 ans présentant de multiples événements cardiovasculaires qui présentait une élévation de la troponine T us à 1088 pg/ml, probablement due à de multiples étiologies.