Risk factors for hemorrhage in severe dengue infections.
The purpose of this study was to identify the early indicators of hemorrhage in severe dengue infections in 114 patients; 24 patients had severe hemorrhage and 92 had no hemorrhage. The platelet counts were not predictive of bleeding. The duration of shock (OR, 2.11; 95% CI, 1.13 to 3.92; P =.019) and low-normal hematocrit at the time of shock (OR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.55 to 0.95; P =.020) were risk factors of severe hemorrhage.
Lum
Lucy Chai See
LC
Department of Pediatrics, University of Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Goh
Adrian Yu Teik
AY
Chan
Patrick Wai Keong
PW
El-Amin
Abdel-Latif Mohd
AL
Lam
Sai Kit
SK
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003715:Dengue / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006403:Hematologic Tests; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016015:Logistic Models; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D019595:Severe Dengue / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric