Volume : IX, Issue : III, March - 2019

A Study of Clinical Profile of Dengue Fever in a Tertiary Care Centre in Eastern Bihar.

Dr Ravi Anand, Dr Hemshankar Sharma

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Aims and Objective: To study the clinical manifestations, trend and outcome of all confirmed dengue cases admitted in a tertiary care hospital in Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, Bhagalpur, Bihar. Materials and Methods: Prospective study conducted in a tertiary care hospital of Eastern Bihar. Required data from all the laboratory confirmed cases from January 2017 to December 2018 was collected. Study included 200 patients. Results: Majority were males, 108(54%) and in the age group of 16–40 years 61%. The most common presentation was fever 200 (100%), followed by headache (90%),myalgia (81%), vomiting (56%) and abdominal pain (48%). The most common hemorrhagic manifestation was petechiae 21%. 22% had dengue hemorrhagic fever with 16% had dengue shock syndrome. Complications seen were hepatic dysfunction 34%, renal failure 26%, multi organ failure 18%, encephalopathy13% and ARDS in 12%. Deaths reported were 11%. Conclusion: Community awareness, early diagnosis and management and vector control measures need to be strengthened in order to reduce the increasing number of dengue cases.

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A STUDY OF CLINICAL PROFILE OF DENGUE FEVER IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN EASTERN BIHAR., Dr Ravi Anand, Dr Hemshankar Sharma INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-3 | March-2019

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