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Saranya Temprasertrudee1, Vipa Thanachartwet2, Varunee Desakorn2
1Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University.
Abstract:
Severe dengue is more prevalent in adults than in children. Our objectives were to determine the clinical presentations of dengue in adults and to identify predictive factors for severe dengue. A retrospective cohort study was performed in adults with dengue, as confirmed by a positive NS1 antigen test result. Patients were classified as with non-severe or severe dengue. A total of 357 patients were enrolled; 45.4% were men, with a median (interquartile range [IQR]) age of 27.9 (21.8-43.5) years. Of all patients, 28.3% had warning signs and 10.6% had severe dengue. Patients with severe dengue were significantly older (35.1 [26.2-50.6] vs. 26.7 [21.7-43.3] years, P = 0.010), immunocompromised (7.9% vs. 0.9%, P = 0.018), and had cough (29% vs. 16%, P = 0.046), hepatomegaly (10.5% vs. 3.1%, P = 0.050), impaired consciousness (5.3% vs. 0%, P = 0.011) or higher (IQR) alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level (151 [57-295] vs. 66 [37-114] U/L, P = 0.008). By multivariate analysis, having cough (odds ratio [OR], 8.07; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.51-30.16, P = 0.001) and ALT>120 U/L (OR, 3.51; 95% CI, 1.11-11.14, P = 0.033) were predictors of severe dengue. Early recognition of risk variables may be important for healthcare providers to appropriately manage dengue patients.
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