Clinical manifestations and trend of dengue cases admitted in a tertiary care hospital, udupi district, karnataka

• Published in: Indian journal of community medicine Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 386 - 390
• Main Authors: Kumar, Ashwini, Rao, Chythra R, Pandit, Vinay, Shetty, Seema, Bammigatti, Chanaveerappa, Samarasinghe, Charmaine Minoli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01-07-2010; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: Control; Dengue; dengue hemorrhagic fever; dengue shock syndrome; Distribution; Fever; Hospitalization; Infections; Mortality; Original; Patient outcomes; Respiratory distress syndrome; Statistics; Studies; Tropical diseases; Viral infections; India; INW, Asia; ISW, India, Karnataka; dengue hemorrhagic fever; Dengue; dengue shock syndrome
• ISSN: 0970-0218; 1998-3581
• DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.69253

India is one of the seven identified countries in the South-East Asia region regularly reporting dengue fever (DF)/dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) outbreaks and may soon transform into a major niche for dengue infection in the future with more and more new areas being struck by dengue epidemics
To study the clinical manifestations, trend and outcome of all confirmed dengue cases admitted in a tertiary care hospital.
Record-based study conducted in a coastal district of Karnataka. Required data from all the laboratory confirmed cases from 2002 to 2008 were collected from Medical Records Department (MRD) and analyzed using SPSS 13.5 version.
Study included 466 patients. Majority were males, 301(64.6%) and in the and in the age group of 15-44 years, 267 (57.5%). Maximum number of cases were seen in 2007, 219 (47%) and in the month of September, 89 (19.1%). The most common presentation was fever 462 (99.1%), followed by myalgia 301 (64.6%), vomiting 222 (47.6%), headache 222 (47.6%) and abdominal pain 175 (37.6%). The most common hemorrhagic manifestation was petechiae 84 (67.2%). 391 (83.9%) cases presented with dengue fever, 41 (8.8%) dengue hemorrhagic fever, and 34 (7.3%) with dengue shock syndrome. Out of 66 (14.1%) patients who developed clinical complications, 22 (33.3%) had ARDS and 20 (30.3%) had pleural effusion. Deaths reported were 11(2.4%).
Community awareness, early diagnosis and management and vector control measures need to be strengthened, during peri-monsoon period, in order to curb the increasing number of dengue cases.