Hospital management of children with dengue fever/dengue haemorrhagic fever

Dengue haemorrhagic fever in children in Delhi.

An epidemic of dengue haemorrhagic fever occurred in Delhi during 1988. A total of 21 paediatric patients with dengue haemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome were evaluated from September to November 1988. All the patients had fever, restlessness, ecchymotic spots and ascites. Pleural effusion occurred in 19 patients (90%), and 18 (86%) exhibited each of the following: vomiting, thrombocytopen...

Dengue haemorrhagic fever

Factors increasing the risk of DHF outbreaks The occurrence of DHF outbreaks is linked to a number of factors, including the density of mosquito vectors, particularly that of Aedes aegypti. The precise population density of Ae. aegypti that is needed to sustain dengue virus transmission epidemically or endemically has yet to be determined, but experience in Singapore in recent years suggests th...

Dengue haemorrhagic fever

The two basic methods for establishing a laboratory diagnosis of dengue infection are detection of the virus (e.g. culture) or detection of anti-dengue antibodies (serology). Until recently, detection of the virus implied solely the recovery of the virus by culture; however, current procedures can detect dengue virus RNA and specific dengue virus antigens. Consequently, these procedures are lik...

Dengue haemorrhagic fever

A prospective hospital-based study of dengue haemorrhagic fever.

Recently a retrospective study was done on sus­ pected cases of dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) admit­ ted to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH) during 1996 (1). To verify the findings of the above study a prospective study was carried out on suspected cases of DHF admit­ ted to a paediatric unit at LRH during 1999. The objective was to study the clinical, laboratory, radiological and se­ rologic...