Demographic and clinical spectrum of dengue patients admitted in a tertiary care hospital

Abstract

Context: Dengue is an acute febrile disease transmitted by bite of Aedes aegypti mosquito. It leads to “classical” dengue fever, dengue hemorrhagic fever with/without shock. The disease is prevalent throughout India and Maharashtra recorded 5610 dengue cases in 2013 with 48 deaths and 3551 cases with 7 deaths until 29th October 2014. Aims: To study demographic and clinical spectrum of dengue patients admitted in a tertiary care hospital in Pune. Settings and Design: This was a cross-sectional record-based study. Population of Inpatients of tertiary hospital, Pune, admitted during June 1, 2016–November 31, 2016. Materials and Methods: Records of indoor patients admitted used to fill prestructured pro forma. Data were entered into Microsoft Excel to calculate percentages. Results: A total of 299 patients' records were assessed. Patients belonging to age group of 0–30 years were 70.16% (210). Out of 299 patients, 63.21%were males. The common symptoms were fever with chills in 87% patients and headache/body ache in 89% of patients. Stay in hospital for 95.29% (285) was a week. Approximately 31% (92) patients had a platelet count of 10,000–40,000 and 99.6% (269) patients did not require platelet transfusion. Ns1Ag positive were 81% patients. The most common complication was thrombocytopenia (79%). Conclusion: Age group 21–40 years was affected. Ns1Ag positive were 81% patients, blood transfusion not required by majority.