Recent Dengue Fever Outbreak in Pediatric Age Group

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate Dengue fever outbreak in pediatric age group. Methods: This experimental study was conducted at tertiary medical college and hospital, Dhaka from January 2019 to December 2019, where a total of 100 children were selected consecutively based on clinical features mentioned in National Guidelines for Clinical Management of Dengue Syndrome, Bangladesh 2018. Result: During the study, where most of the patients belong to lower economic status, 60% patients had rash with itching on their body, 9% had low WBC count, 30% of patients had platelet count 51- 100*10^9/L and 24% with 21-50*10^9/L. Conclusion: From our result, we can conclude that, most of the children with dengue fever presented with high grade continued fever with vomiting and abdominal pain. More than half of the patients showed bleeding manifestation even with negative tourniquet test. Further study is needed for better outcome.