TY - JOUR
T1 - características clínicas de pacientes internados en el hospital de apoyo de iquitos "césar garayar garcía" durante la epidemia de dengue, enero-febrero de 2011
AU - Solórzano, Víctor Fiestas
AU - Maldonado, Moisés Sihuincha
AU - Toscano, Fernando Donaires
AU - Velazco, Salomón Durand
AU - María García, M.
AU - Mamani, Enrique
AU - Pretell, Juan Gómez de la Torre
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - We conducted a clinical description of confrmed dengue cases admitted to the Hospital "César Garayar García" in Iquitos from January 25 to February 5, 2011. According to current WHO classifcation, major warning signs leading to hospitalization were: abdominal pain (28/28) and persistent vomiting (15/28), the causes of severity were: hypotension (9/13), severe bleeding (6/13) and plasma extravasation with respiratory distress (4/13). The median patient age was 22 years, however, 8/13 patients classifed as severe dengue were under 16 years. In conclusion, unlike previous epidemics, we found a high involvement of young people and severity in the clinical presentation predominating a high frequency of shock (hypotension) and vascular leakage, which could be related to the circulation of an emerging variant DENV-2 which is more virulent.
AB - We conducted a clinical description of confrmed dengue cases admitted to the Hospital "César Garayar García" in Iquitos from January 25 to February 5, 2011. According to current WHO classifcation, major warning signs leading to hospitalization were: abdominal pain (28/28) and persistent vomiting (15/28), the causes of severity were: hypotension (9/13), severe bleeding (6/13) and plasma extravasation with respiratory distress (4/13). The median patient age was 22 years, however, 8/13 patients classifed as severe dengue were under 16 years. In conclusion, unlike previous epidemics, we found a high involvement of young people and severity in the clinical presentation predominating a high frequency of shock (hypotension) and vascular leakage, which could be related to the circulation of an emerging variant DENV-2 which is more virulent.
KW - Dengue
KW - Dengue virus
KW - Peru
KW - Severe dengue
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79955979108&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1590/S1726-46342011000100012
DO - 10.1590/S1726-46342011000100012
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:79955979108
SN - 1726-4634
VL - 28
SP - 78
EP - 82
JO - Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
JF - Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
IS - 1
ER -