Clinical-epidemiological evolution of patients diagnosed with dengue. January-June 2017
<p><strong>Foundation</strong>: The study of dengue as a clinical and epidemiological entity is becoming increasingly important given the tendency to increase the number of cases and the rate of reported complications presented by patients suffering from it.<br /><strong&g...
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| author | Carlos García Gómez Osvaldo Rodríguez Morales Claudia Tamara Fernández González María Octavina Rodríguez Roque |
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| description | <p><strong>Foundation</strong>: The study of dengue as a clinical and epidemiological entity is becoming increasingly important given the tendency to increase the number of cases and the rate of reported complications presented by patients suffering from it.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to characterize the clinical-epidemiological evolution of patients diagnosed with dengue.<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: a retrospective descriptive study of a series of cases was carried out at the General Hospital of Cienfuegos, in the period January-June 2017. All patients with a confirmed diagnosis of dengue by IgM (N = 83) were included.<br /><strong>Results</strong>: the average age was 42 years. The most represented age group was 40-49 years (28.9%). Patients with white skin color (74.7%), and female sex (59.0%) predominated. The municipality with the most cases was Cienfuegos. Fever was the main reason for consultation (96.4%), followed by headache (78.3%) and retroocular pain (64.4%). 36.1% of the cases presented an alarm sign. The most frequent paraclinical finding was lymphocyte predominance (95.2%). No ultrasonographic abnormalities were reported.<strong><br />Conclusion</strong>: all the patients studied presented a favorable evolution. Less than half of them presented some warning sign, and none developed any of the so-called serious forms of the disease.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f73a7894f0df415abb2fbf18cb28c2042024-03-04T23:09:49ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2019-12-011767907961761Clinical-epidemiological evolution of patients diagnosed with dengue. January-June 2017Carlos García Gómez0Osvaldo Rodríguez MoralesClaudia Tamara Fernández González1María Octavina Rodríguez Roque2Hospital General Universitario Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima. CienfuegosHospital General Universitario Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima. CienfuegosHospital General Universitario Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima. Cienfuegos<p><strong>Foundation</strong>: The study of dengue as a clinical and epidemiological entity is becoming increasingly important given the tendency to increase the number of cases and the rate of reported complications presented by patients suffering from it.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to characterize the clinical-epidemiological evolution of patients diagnosed with dengue.<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: a retrospective descriptive study of a series of cases was carried out at the General Hospital of Cienfuegos, in the period January-June 2017. All patients with a confirmed diagnosis of dengue by IgM (N = 83) were included.<br /><strong>Results</strong>: the average age was 42 years. The most represented age group was 40-49 years (28.9%). Patients with white skin color (74.7%), and female sex (59.0%) predominated. The municipality with the most cases was Cienfuegos. Fever was the main reason for consultation (96.4%), followed by headache (78.3%) and retroocular pain (64.4%). 36.1% of the cases presented an alarm sign. The most frequent paraclinical finding was lymphocyte predominance (95.2%). No ultrasonographic abnormalities were reported.<strong><br />Conclusion</strong>: all the patients studied presented a favorable evolution. Less than half of them presented some warning sign, and none developed any of the so-called serious forms of the disease.</p>http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/4200virus del dengueinfecciones por arbovirosisepidemiasevolución clínica |
| spellingShingle | Carlos García Gómez Osvaldo Rodríguez Morales Claudia Tamara Fernández González María Octavina Rodríguez Roque Clinical-epidemiological evolution of patients diagnosed with dengue. January-June 2017 Medisur virus del dengue infecciones por arbovirosis epidemias evolución clínica |
| title | Clinical-epidemiological evolution of patients diagnosed with dengue. January-June 2017 |
| title_full | Clinical-epidemiological evolution of patients diagnosed with dengue. January-June 2017 |
| title_fullStr | Clinical-epidemiological evolution of patients diagnosed with dengue. January-June 2017 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical-epidemiological evolution of patients diagnosed with dengue. January-June 2017 |
| title_short | Clinical-epidemiological evolution of patients diagnosed with dengue. January-June 2017 |
| title_sort | clinical epidemiological evolution of patients diagnosed with dengue january june 2017 |
| topic | virus del dengue infecciones por arbovirosis epidemias evolución clínica |
| url | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/4200 |
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