Comorbidities increase in-hospital mortality in dengue patients in Brazil

Comorbidities increase in-hospital mortality in dengue patients in Brazil

Dengue remains an unmet public health burden. We determined risk factors for dengue in-hospital mortality in Brazil. Of 326,380 hospitalised dengue cases in 9-45-year-old individuals, there were 971 deaths. Risk of dying was 11-times higher in the presence of underlying common comorbidities (renal,...

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Main Authors: Guilherme L Werneck, Alejandro E Macias, Cesar Mascarenas, Laurent Coudeville, David Morley, Vincent Recamier, Mariana Guergova-Kuras, Esteban Puentes-Rosas, Nicolas Baurin, Myew-Ling Toh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2018-07-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
dengue
haemorrhagic fever
Latin America
case fatality rate
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762018000800404&lng=en&tlng=en

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