Comparative Study of 112 Cases of Dengue Fever Out  of Which 8 Cases of Dengue Mortality in Outbreak of  2012 At Tertiary Care Centre of Smt. N.H.L. Municipal  Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Dr. Rupal P. Mehta; Dr. T. Y. Vijapura; Dr. Darshan J Gandhi; Dr. Dipti Gajjar

Volume : II, Issue : VI, June - 2013

Comparative Study of 112 Cases of Dengue Fever Out of Which 8 Cases of Dengue Mortality in Outbreak of 2012 At Tertiary Care Centre of Smt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Dr. Rupal P. Mehta, Dr. T. Y. Vijapura, Dr. Darshan J Gandhi, Dr. Dipti Gajjar

Abstract :

Dengue virus is flavi virus causing dengue fever & its complications. Aim of our study is to correlate clinical, USG & pathological findings of dengue fever which are useful for early diagnosis & proper management of dengue fever to reduce morbidity & mortality. We analysed 800 suspected cases of DF, out of which 112 cases were serologically positive & out of seropositive cases death occurred in 8 cases. In our study Dengue virus infection presented most commonly in age group of 0-10 years, with most common clinical feature of fever & hepatomegaly with most common USG findings of thick GB wall, hepatomegaly & splenomegaly, with APC most commonly in range of 25,000-1 lakh & WBC most commonly in range of 4000-6000 mainly in month of October 2012.Early detection by serological testing mainly NS-1 Ag detection in all suspected cases & early supportive management can reduce morbidity, complications & mortality