EVALUATING THE BLEEDING TENDENCIES OF PATIENTS WITH DENGUE FEVER ADMITTED TO THE MEDICAL CENTRE IN GHAZIABAD

Abstract

Background: Thrombocytopenia and fever are common symptoms of dengue. While there are other clinical manifestations of the condition, bleeding tendencies are the most prevalent. These bleeding tendencies are an indication of decreased platelet counts. When dengue patients receive prompt and efficient care, their mortality rates are reduced.

Objective: This clinical study set out to assess the bleeding tendencies of hospitalized dengue fever patients at the Indian Health Care Centre.

Methods: This observational clinical study had 160 adult dengue patients who were assessed for bleeding propensity. All of the people were older than eighteen.

Result: The most frequent propensity to bleed noticed in At 94.44% (n=51) of the research individuals, petechiae/rashes were the most often observed bleeding propensity. 27.77% (n=15) of the subjects experienced gingival bleeding, which was followed by conjunctival suffusion in 22.22% (n=12), epistaxis in 14.81% (n=8), malena in 9.25% (n=5), PR (per-rectal) bleeding in 7.40% (n=4) study participants, and hematuria in 5.55% (n=3) of the subjects. A significant proportion of patients (n = 8) with epistaxis had platelet counts < 50,000. Among the subjects whose platelet counts were below 50,000µl, 5.62% (n = 9) had conjunctival effusion, 8.75% (n = 14) had gingival bleeding, and 2.5% (n = 4) had PR bleed, 3.12% (n=5) with malena, 1.25% (n=2) with hematuria, and 24.37% (n=39) with petechiae/rashes.