Volume : 5, Issue : 10, October - 2016

A Study on different aspects of Severe Dengue fever in Pediatric age group in a tertiary care setting of Eastern India

Dr. Archan Sil, Dr. Amit Das

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Objectives: To assess the severity of dengue fever in the study population and determine different features of severity of pediatric dengue. Design: Hospital based, descriptive, observational study. Setting: Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of Burdwan Medical College. Subjects: All children in the age group of less than or equal to 12 years who visited the pediatric emergency with clinical features of &lsquo;Probable case&rsquo; of Dengue (WHO Case definition of dengue), who were subsequently diagnosed as Dengue fever by serology (by NS-1 Ag and/or dengue specific IgM MAC ELISA). Results: During the study period, 71 patients with dengue fever were admitted. Nine patients (12.7%) among them had features of severe dengue. Haemorrhagic manifestation was the most common clinical feature of severity (15.5%). Conclusion: Such studies on the profile of severe dengue in pediatric patients are very rare from Eastern part of India</p>