Open AccessTO STUDY THE COMPLICATIONS IN DENGUE LIKE ILLNESSES IN CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Vimal Kumar,
Ashok Kumar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v5i11.2304
Subject(s) - dengue fever , complication , medicine , dengue hemorrhagic fever , shock (circulatory) , dengue virus , pediatrics , myocarditis , convulsion , surgery , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , virology , epilepsy
Background: Dengue has a wide spectrum of clinical presentations, often with unpredictable clinical evolution and outcome. To study the complication of dengue like illness in children
Methods: The hospital based study was conducted on patients presenting to paediatric hospital, who fulfilled inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Results: According to complications, in dengue positive cases, bleeding was the most common complication seen in 51.00% cases while shock, myocarditis, and convulsion were present in 34.00%, 3.00% and 1.00% of cases respectively.
Conclusion: It concluded that dengue hemorrhagic shock was most common complication.
Keywords: Dengue Like Illness, Complication, Shock.