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Maternal and fetal outcome of dengue fever in pregnancy.
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PMID:  22297282     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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Background & objectives: As adult dengue fever increases it also affects women with pregnancy. Dengue fever is mainly treated conservatively. However, complications like pre - eclampsia, pre- term labour, increased risk of caesarean section and fetal transmission have been noted. During dengue epidemic in our region we noted many women with dengue fever and observed certain different problems. Methods: A retrospective analysis of all pregnant women admitted in obstetric ward with dengue fever over a period of 18 months was done. Results: The striking feature observed was the presence of severe thrombocytopenia in 78.57% of the study population. In addition, coexistence of other vector borne diseases was also noted. Conclusion: Most cases only require conservative treatment. Only women who went into labour required platelet transfusion. Outcome seemed to correlate with gestational age of occurrence of dengue fever.
Authors:
T V Chitra; Seetha Panicker
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of vector borne diseases     Volume:  48     ISSN:  0972-9062     ISO Abbreviation:  J Vector Borne Dis     Publication Date:  2011 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-02-02     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101212761     Medline TA:  J Vector Borne Dis     Country:  India    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  210-3     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, P.S.G. Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Coimbatore, India.
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