TY - JOUR KW - Severity of Illness Index KW - Risk Factors KW - Retrospective Studies KW - Multivariate Analysis KW - Male KW - Lethargy KW - Infant KW - Incidence KW - Humans KW - Hospitalization KW - Female KW - Disease Outbreaks KW - Dengue virus KW - Dengue KW - Cohort Studies KW - Child, Preschool KW - Child KW - Brazil KW - Adolescent KW - Abdominal pain AU - Giraldo D AU - Sant'Anna C AU - Périssé ARS AU - March MFP AU - Souza AP AU - Mendes A AU - Bonfim M AU - Hofer C AB -

During a dengue epidemic in Rio de Janeiro in 2007-2008 the Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira Hospital was a reference for admitted children. The World Health Organization (WHO) considered several manifestations as warning signs of severe dengue This is a retrospective cohort study of all children admitted with dengue fever. Clinical variables considered warning signs by WHO were evaluated in the multivariate analysis, to investigate if they were independently associated with severe dengue. One hundred and eighty one children were admitted, aged from 4 months to 15 years; 30 were classified as severe dengue. Abdominal pain (OR=2.63, 95% CI 1.06-6.53) and lethargy (OR=3.40, 95% CI 1.45-7.99) were independently associated with severe dengue.

BT - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene C1 -

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21855101?dopt=Abstract

DO - 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.07.007 IS - 10 J2 - Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. LA - eng N2 -

During a dengue epidemic in Rio de Janeiro in 2007-2008 the Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira Hospital was a reference for admitted children. The World Health Organization (WHO) considered several manifestations as warning signs of severe dengue This is a retrospective cohort study of all children admitted with dengue fever. Clinical variables considered warning signs by WHO were evaluated in the multivariate analysis, to investigate if they were independently associated with severe dengue. One hundred and eighty one children were admitted, aged from 4 months to 15 years; 30 were classified as severe dengue. Abdominal pain (OR=2.63, 95% CI 1.06-6.53) and lethargy (OR=3.40, 95% CI 1.45-7.99) were independently associated with severe dengue.

PY - 2011 SP - 601 EP - 3 T2 - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene TI - Characteristics of children hospitalized with dengue fever in an outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. VL - 105 SN - 1878-3503 ER -