Open AccessHypocalcemia is associated with disease severity in patients with dengue
Author(s) -
Godwin Constantine,
Senaka Rajapakse,
Priyanga Ranasinghe,
Balasundaram Parththipan,
Ananda Wijewickrama,
Priyankara Jayawardana
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.4974
Subject(s) - dengue fever , medicine , gastroenterology , cross sectional study , incidence (geometry) , population , immunology , pathology , environmental health , physics , optics
Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in tropical regions. Serum free calcium (Ca2+) is known to be important in cardiac and circulatory function. We evaluated association between serum Ca2+ level and severity of dengue.
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