Pattern and Outcome of Dengue Fever in a Pediatric Tertiary Hospital: A Retrospective Report.
children
dengue fever
dengue fever/complications
dengue related hospitalization
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
28 Mar 2021
28 Mar 2021
Historique:
entrez:
3
5
2021
pubmed:
4
5
2021
medline:
4
5
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Introduction For Pakistan, dengue has been established as a public health problem. With superimposed factors such as poor socioeconomic conditions, limited public health awareness, poor hygiene, and sanitation conditions, the situation has become more severe and complications have become frequent. Almost 90% of all infections occur in children of age less than 18 years. This is a three-year retrospective report of dengue fever in Southern Pakistan. Methods In this retrospective analysis, all records of patients admitted to the National Institute of Child Health, Karachi, from May 1, 2016, till April 30, 2019, diagnosed with dengue fever were recruited. Their demographic, clinical, and biochemical records were assessed. The outcome was also recorded. Data were entered and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) for Windows version 20.0 (IBM Corp., Chicago). Results Among 93 cases of dengue fever, there were 71 (76.3%) male and 22 (23.7%) female children. Their mean age was 5.7 ± 3.07 years. The mean duration from onset of disease to hospitalization was 4.2 ± 2.1 days. The mean platelet count was 47391.30 ± 41370.61 x 10
Identifiants
pubmed: 33936876
doi: 10.7759/cureus.14164
pmc: PMC8080948
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e14164Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021, Hussain et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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