Factors Affecting Outcome in Children with Dengue in Kolkata

Factors Affecting Outcome in Children with Dengue in Kolkata

This observational, descriptive study was conducted on 260 dengue patients diagnosed as per the revised 2009 WHO guidelines in a tertiary-care hospital of eastern India between June and November 2015. Children were evaluated for clinical symptoms, signs, and laboratory parameters. Clinical variables...

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Veröffentlicht in:Indian pediatrics 2017-09, Vol.54 (9), p.778-780
Hauptverfasser: Majumdar, Ishita, Mukherjee, Devdeep, Kundu, Ritabrata, Niyogi, Prabal, Das, Joydeep
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Dengue - complications
Dengue - epidemiology
Dengue - mortality
Exanthema
Hemorrhage
Humans
India - epidemiology
Infant
Nausea
Risk Factors
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Zusammenfassung:This observational, descriptive study was conducted on 260 dengue patients diagnosed as per the revised 2009 WHO guidelines in a tertiary-care hospital of eastern India between June and November 2015. Children were evaluated for clinical symptoms, signs, and laboratory parameters. Clinical variables viz., rash, nausea/vomiting, bleeding, oliguria, capillary leak and liver enlargement; and laboratory variables viz., rising haemoglobin, haematocrit, thrombocytopenia, blood urea, serum Creatinine, ALT, hypo albuminemia and cholesterol were found to be significantly associated with outcome.
ISSN:0974-7559