Clinical characteristics of patient admitted to Hospital "César Garayar García", Iquitos during the dengue epidemic, January-February 2011
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https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2011.281.459Keywords:
Dengue Virus, Severe Dengue, PeruAbstract
We conducted a clinical description of confirmed dengue cases admitted to the Hospital “ César Garayar García” in Iquitos from January 25 to February 5, 2011. According to current WHO classification, major warning signs leading to hospitalization were: abdominal pain (28/28) and persistent vomiting (15/28), the causes of severity were: hypotension (9 / 13), severe bleeding (6 / 13) and plasma extravasation with respiratory distress (4 / 13). The median patient age was 22 years, however, 8 / 13 patients classified as severe dengue were under 16 years. In conclusion, unlike previous epidemics, we found a high involvement of young people and severity in the clinical presentation predominating a high frequency of shock (hypotension) and vascular leakage, which could be related to the circulation of an emerging variant DENV-2 which is more virulent.Downloads
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2011-03-31
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Fiestas Solórzano V, Sihuincha Maldonado M, Donaires Toscano F, Durand Velazco S, García M M, Mamani E, et al. Clinical characteristics of patient admitted to Hospital "César Garayar García", Iquitos during the dengue epidemic, January-February 2011. Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica [Internet]. 2011 Mar. 31 [cited 2024 Nov. 13];28(1). Available from: https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/459