Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: July-September | Volume: 4 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 44-46
Clinical and Laboratory Pattern of Dengue Fever: A Retrospective Study from Rural Hospital
Kachigere Siddegowda Siddeshwara Anand 1, Shruthi Bettegowda2
1Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Balagangadharanatha Nagar, Nagamangala, Mandya -571448, India.
2Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Balagangadharanatha Nagar, Nagamangala, Mandya -571448, India.
Corresponding Author: Shruthi Bettegowda
ABSTRACT
Background: Today’s world dengue fever an arbovirus mediated infection is emerging as one of the most important arthropod borne viral diseases in humans in terms of morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study was to assess the clinical and laboratory pattern of dengue fever patients.
Method: This retrospective hospital based study was done in rural tertiary care hospital from May 2017 to May 2019. One hundred fifty six patients, who were NS1 antigen/IgM dengue
positive considered for this study. Clinical features and laboratory parameters were studied and analysed.
Result: Among 156 patients studied, majority were males (67.95%).Fever was present in all patients. Among other symptoms myalgia was the major symptom (89.10%) followed by headache (81.41%). Significant changes in platelet count (platelet count less than 50 thousand, 66.02%), white blood cell counts (50%) and serum transaminases (41.02%) were observed. Mortality rate in present study was zero.
Conclusion: Early diagnosis and supportive treatment is corner stone for good recovery in dengue fever. More prospective population based studies with large sample size needed in future; various geographical areas and populations should be considered.
Key words: Dengue fever, Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Myalgia, Platelet counts.