Volume : 8, Issue : 3, March - 2019

EVALUATION OF PULSE PRESSURE AS A MONITORING TOOL IN DENGUE INFECTED PATIENTS.

Sunil Baragi, Samba Siva Rao Bondalapati, Kadappa Jaligidad

Abstract :

INTRODUCTION: Dengue is one of the most important viral diseases especially in the tropicalregions, with four serotypes that belongs to the genus flavivirus of the family Flaviviridae. AIM OF THE STUDY: 1.To evaluate the pulse pressure as a monitoring tool in dengue infected patients. MATERIALS ND METHODS: This is a prospective study done on 76 patients with dengue positive serology in hematology section of SNijalingappa medical college & HSK Hospital, Bagalkot over a period of 3 months from november 2018 to january 2019.Pulse pressure and hematocrit values recorded from patients starting from day of admission as day-0 to day-3. RESULTS: Patients were diagnosed as DF,DHF,DSS based on clinical and lab parameters .Pulse pressure and haematocrit values were recorded from day of admission as day-0 to day-3.we found that pulse pressure was decreasing significantly from day -0 to day-3, more in DSS < DHF < DF. CONCLUSION: Like haematocrit, pulse pressure is a highly effective, simple, and prognostic tool in anticipating the complications of dengue infected patients if utilized correctly. It also gives therapeutic guidance by aiding inappropriate selection of fluids.