Characteristics and predictors for gastrointestinal hemorrhage among adult patients with dengue virus infection: Emphasizing the impact of existing comorbid disease(s).

Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a leading cause of death in dengue. This study aims to identify predictors for GI bleeding in adult dengue patients, emphasizing the impact of existing comorbid disease(s).Of 1300 adults with dengue virus infection, 175 (mean age, 56.5±13.7 years) patients with GI b...

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Main Authors: Wen-Chi Huang, Ing-Kit Lee, Yi-Chun Chen, Ching-Yen Tsai, Jien-Wei Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5819790?pdf=render
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author Wen-Chi Huang
Ing-Kit Lee
Yi-Chun Chen
Ching-Yen Tsai
Jien-Wei Liu
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Ing-Kit Lee
Yi-Chun Chen
Ching-Yen Tsai
Jien-Wei Liu
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description Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a leading cause of death in dengue. This study aims to identify predictors for GI bleeding in adult dengue patients, emphasizing the impact of existing comorbid disease(s).Of 1300 adults with dengue virus infection, 175 (mean age, 56.5±13.7 years) patients with GI bleeding and 1,125 (mean age, 49.2±15.6 years) without GI bleeding (controls) were retrospectively analyzed.Among 175 patients with GI bleeding, dengue hemorrhagic fever was found in 119 (68%) patients; the median duration from onset dengue illness to GI bleeding was 5 days. Gastric ulcer, erythematous gastritis, duodenal ulcer, erosive gastritis, and hemorrhagic gastritis were found in 52.3%, 33.3%, 28.6%, 28.6%, and 14.3% of 42 patients with GI bleeding who had undergone endoscopic examination, respectively. Overall, nine of the 175 patients with GI bleeding died, giving an in-hospital mortality rate of 5.1%. Multivariate analysis showed age ≥60 years (cases vs. controls: 48% vs. 28.3%) (odds ratio [OR]: 1.663, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.128-2.453), end stage renal disease with additional comorbidities (cases vs. controls: 1.7% vs. 0.2%) (OR: 9.405, 95% CI: 1.4-63.198), previous stroke with additional comorbidities (cases vs. controls: 7.4% vs. 0.6%) (OR: 9.772, 95% CI: 3.302-28.918), gum bleeding (cases vs. controls: 27.4% vs. 11.5%) (OR: 1.732, 95% CI: 1.1-2.727), petechiae (cases vs. controls: 56.6% vs. 29.1%) (OR: 2.109, 95% CI: 1.411-3.153), and platelet count <50×109 cells/L (cases vs. controls: 53.1% vs. 25.8%) (OR: 3.419, 95% CI: 2.103-5.558) were independent predictors of GI bleeding in patients with dengue virus infection.Our study is the first to disclose that end stage renal disease and previous stroke, with additional comorbidities, were strongly significant associated with the risk of GI bleeding in patients with dengue virus infection. Identification of these risk factors can be incorporated into the patient assessment and management protocol of dengue virus infection to reduce its mortality.
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spelling doaj.art-916a66d525d44308b6e467d7fb1292a92022-12-22T01:48:01ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01132e019291910.1371/journal.pone.0192919Characteristics and predictors for gastrointestinal hemorrhage among adult patients with dengue virus infection: Emphasizing the impact of existing comorbid disease(s).Wen-Chi HuangIng-Kit LeeYi-Chun ChenChing-Yen TsaiJien-Wei LiuGastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a leading cause of death in dengue. This study aims to identify predictors for GI bleeding in adult dengue patients, emphasizing the impact of existing comorbid disease(s).Of 1300 adults with dengue virus infection, 175 (mean age, 56.5±13.7 years) patients with GI bleeding and 1,125 (mean age, 49.2±15.6 years) without GI bleeding (controls) were retrospectively analyzed.Among 175 patients with GI bleeding, dengue hemorrhagic fever was found in 119 (68%) patients; the median duration from onset dengue illness to GI bleeding was 5 days. Gastric ulcer, erythematous gastritis, duodenal ulcer, erosive gastritis, and hemorrhagic gastritis were found in 52.3%, 33.3%, 28.6%, 28.6%, and 14.3% of 42 patients with GI bleeding who had undergone endoscopic examination, respectively. Overall, nine of the 175 patients with GI bleeding died, giving an in-hospital mortality rate of 5.1%. Multivariate analysis showed age ≥60 years (cases vs. controls: 48% vs. 28.3%) (odds ratio [OR]: 1.663, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.128-2.453), end stage renal disease with additional comorbidities (cases vs. controls: 1.7% vs. 0.2%) (OR: 9.405, 95% CI: 1.4-63.198), previous stroke with additional comorbidities (cases vs. controls: 7.4% vs. 0.6%) (OR: 9.772, 95% CI: 3.302-28.918), gum bleeding (cases vs. controls: 27.4% vs. 11.5%) (OR: 1.732, 95% CI: 1.1-2.727), petechiae (cases vs. controls: 56.6% vs. 29.1%) (OR: 2.109, 95% CI: 1.411-3.153), and platelet count <50×109 cells/L (cases vs. controls: 53.1% vs. 25.8%) (OR: 3.419, 95% CI: 2.103-5.558) were independent predictors of GI bleeding in patients with dengue virus infection.Our study is the first to disclose that end stage renal disease and previous stroke, with additional comorbidities, were strongly significant associated with the risk of GI bleeding in patients with dengue virus infection. Identification of these risk factors can be incorporated into the patient assessment and management protocol of dengue virus infection to reduce its mortality.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5819790?pdf=render
spellingShingle Wen-Chi Huang
Ing-Kit Lee
Yi-Chun Chen
Ching-Yen Tsai
Jien-Wei Liu
Characteristics and predictors for gastrointestinal hemorrhage among adult patients with dengue virus infection: Emphasizing the impact of existing comorbid disease(s).
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title Characteristics and predictors for gastrointestinal hemorrhage among adult patients with dengue virus infection: Emphasizing the impact of existing comorbid disease(s).
title_full Characteristics and predictors for gastrointestinal hemorrhage among adult patients with dengue virus infection: Emphasizing the impact of existing comorbid disease(s).
title_fullStr Characteristics and predictors for gastrointestinal hemorrhage among adult patients with dengue virus infection: Emphasizing the impact of existing comorbid disease(s).
title_full_unstemmed Characteristics and predictors for gastrointestinal hemorrhage among adult patients with dengue virus infection: Emphasizing the impact of existing comorbid disease(s).
title_short Characteristics and predictors for gastrointestinal hemorrhage among adult patients with dengue virus infection: Emphasizing the impact of existing comorbid disease(s).
title_sort characteristics and predictors for gastrointestinal hemorrhage among adult patients with dengue virus infection emphasizing the impact of existing comorbid disease s
url http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5819790?pdf=render
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