Literature Review : Tepid Sponge to Lower The Body Temperature of Children with Dengue Fever

Abstract

Background :One of the symptoms that occur in dengue cases is the presence of fever. Fever is a state of body temperature above normal as a result of an increase in the temperature control center in the hypothalamus. Fever can endanger the safety of the child if not treated quickly and appropriately will lead to other complications such as, hyperthermy, seizures and loss of consciousness.Water tepid sponge is a procedure to improve the control of body heat loss through evaporation and conduction. The purpose of this literature review is to analyze the results of previous studies on the effectiveness of tepid sponge against decreasing body temperature of children with dengue fever. Method: The method used is literaturereview. The first stage begins with straightening out articles using Pubmed and Google scholar search engines . The keywords used in article search are DBD, Tepid sponge, child. Results: From the five articles analyzed, results were obtained that there was an influence of the tepid sponge method on the decrease in body temperature of children with dengue fever. Conclusion: Tepid sponge is effective against decreased body temperature of children with dengue fever.