Cardiac involvement in children with Dengue fever

Dr. Jigar Patel; Dr. Nisarg Chaudhari; Dr. Arshiya Bai; Dr. Aasheeta S. Shah

Volume : VIII, Issue : XII, December - 2019

Cardiac involvement in children with Dengue fever

Dr. Jigar Patel, Dr. Nisarg Chaudhari, Dr. Arshiya Bai, Dr. Aasheeta S. Shah

Abstract :

INTRODUCTION: Dengue is the mosquito born systemic and dynamic disease caused by flavivirus with four distinct serotype (DEN Virus type 1 to 4) METHODOLOGY: The prospective study was done at a tertiary care center at ahmedabad from September 2018 to October 2018. Children less < 12 years of age with dengue fever were evaluated and enrolled for cardiac involvement with CXR, ECG, 2D Echo, CPKMB, TROPONIN I. RESULTS – Total 79 patient with dengue fever were enrolled and classified as dengue without warning sign(n=38,48%), dengue with warning sign(n=24, 30%) and severe dengue(n=7, 9%). Among these 47% of study population shows cardiac manifestation, sinus tachycardia and decrease in ejection fraction are common to occur and cardiac manifestation seems to be increasing with severe form of disease. CONCLUSION – Cardiac involment in children are common to occur with dengue fever but most of the cardiac involvements are sub clinical in form of sinus tachycardia. The cardiac involvement increasres with severe dengue fever.