Prognosis factors in Dengue hemorrhagic fever
- Author:
Vo Van Luong
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
dengue hemorrhagic fever
- MeSH:
Dengue;
Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever;
Diseases;
Prognosis
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2003;454(6):62-65
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
In all 83 cases of under 16 years old parents with DHF treated in Khanh Hoa provincial hospital in the year 2000, prognostic factors were investigated. The role of gender in mortality was not clear. The role of nutritional factors was not determined. The age of 5-10 years old is the most vulnerable. The high morbidity of infants under 1 year old of age with severe DHF was high, possibly because of the decrease of neutralizing antibody of passive immune transferred from mother to child. In addition the increase of capillary permeability can play a role
