Open AccessPLATELET DEMAM BERDARAH DENGUE
Author(s) -
PR Ayu,
Uleng Bahrun,
Mansyur Arif
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indonesian journal of clinical pathology and medical laboratory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2477-4685
DOI - 10.24293/ijcpml.v18i3.383
Subject(s) - medicine , dengue hemorrhagic fever , dengue fever , mean platelet volume , platelet , retrospective cohort study , gastroenterology , serology , surgery , dengue virus , immunology , antibody
Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is usually diagnosed based on the clinical symptoms and laboratory examinations of platelet index, including platelets count,: the Mean Platelet Volume (MPV), and the Platelet Distribution Width (PDW), but the most common use is the serological tests which can distinguish between the primary and secondary infection. The aim of this study was to know the three parameters in primary and secondary infections of the dengue patients during the hospitalization. This study was performed by a retrospective cohort study at the pediatric ward of Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital Makassar during the period of March−June 2010. Forty five samples have been examined, where 37.8% were men and 62.2% were women. Most DHF cases were at the age of 8−14 years (47%). The mean platelets count after the day five of their hospitalization in both primary and secondary infections showed a significant increase (p 0.05). It can be concluded that platelet count and MPV can be used as the early markers for the improvement of DHF patients during their hospitalization, so that the patients can be discharge and the period of their hospitalization will become shorten.