Abstract

Background: Dengue viral infection, i.e., dengue fever (DF), and its sever form, dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS), form the most important mosquito-borne diseases and have become a major global public health concern. The World Health Organization estimates that 50 million dengue infections occur annually and 500,000 people require hospitalization each year.
Objective: To evaluate the clinical features and outcome of dengue infection case admitted in a tertiary-care hospital (government fever hospital) in Hyderabad.
Materials and Methods: A hospital record-based descriptive study was performed in a tertiary-care hospital in Hyderabad. Medical records of 80 seropositive dengue patients who were admitted from July 1 to August 31, 2015 were studied and analyzed. Result: Of 80 seropositive dengue patients, 25% were female and 75% were male patients, 24% patients were <15 years of age, and 9% patients were above 45 years, while majority (67%) belonged to age group of 15–45 years, with the majority in that being students. Mean hospital duration stay was 4.76 ± 1.53 days; 45% of patients showed DF, 21% DHF stage I, 19% DHF stage II, 9% DHF stage III, and 6% DHF stage IV. All 45% patients of DF revealed platelet count more than 100,000; remaining 55% patients of DHF and DSS showed platelet count less than 100,000. All 85% patients up to DHF stage II were normotensive patients, while 15% patients belonging to DHF stages III and IV showed hypotensive condition. Conclusion: Dengue infection ranges from mild self-limiting illness to severe disease with high cure rate.