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Dengue Fever
Study data from Chang-Gung University, Medical Department update knowledge of dengue fever
June 2nd, 2009
"In a retrospective Study, acute renal failure (ARF) was found in 10 (3.3%) among 304 hospitalized adults with dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), and 6 (60%) of the 10 patients with ARF died, whereas all 294 patients without ARF (controls) survived (P < 0.001)," scientists in Taiwan report. "Compared with the controls, DHF patients with ARF were found to be significantly older (P = 0.002) and male predominant (P < 0.004.) and to have higher frequency of previous stroke (P = 0.005), chronic renal insufficiency (P 0.046), dengue shock syndrome (DSS; P< 0.001), gastrointestinal bleeding (P < 0.001), and concurrent bacteremia (P = 0.009), lower hemoglobin (P =...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-06-02)
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