FACTORS PREDICTING SEVERITY OF ILLNESS IN DENGUE FEVER: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY

Autor:	Gayathri R, Sheela Mathew, Abhay John Gray, Aswathy Ma, Athul Raj, Prinink Purushothamen, Sandeep As, Akhila Arya
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Severity of illness Emergency medicine medicine Observational study macromolecular substances medicine.disease business Dengue fever
Zdroj:	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. :54-55
DOI:	10.36106/ijsr/9031591
Popis:	Introduction: Dengue is a systemic viral infection caused by the virus from genus Flaviviridae. Dengue infection has got a wide clinical spectrum that includes both severe and non-severe clinical manifestations. The group progressing from non-severe to severe disease is difcult to dene. Early detection and access to proper medical care signicantly lower fatality rates and would help to reduce the burden of hospital stay and economy loss. Objectives: To study the inammatory markers predicting the severity of dengue infection. Methods: 250 diagnosed patients were evaluated with detailed history, physical examination and blood investigations. Inammatory markers associated with severity of dengue were studied. Observations and conclusions- 97 patients (39%) had dengue without warning signs, 62(25%) had dengue with warning signs, 63(25%) had severe dengue and 28(11%) had expanded dengue. Low CRP, ESR, HDL and LDL cholesterol were observed in dengue fever, without any statistical signicance. Ferritin levels more than 1000 and triglyceride more than 200 was signicantly associated with severity of dengue.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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