[Clinical characteristics of patients admitted to hospital "Cesar Garayar García", Iquitos during the dengue epidemic, January-February 2011]. / Características clínicas de pacientes internados en el Hospital de Apoyo de Iquitos "César Garayar García" durante la epidemia de dengue, enero-febrero de 2011.
Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica
; 28(1): 78-82, 2011 Mar.
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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.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Admisión del Paciente
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Dengue
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Epidemias
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Peru
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica
Asunto de la revista:
SAUDE PUBLICA
Año:
2011
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Perú