Factors related to prolonged dengue shock syndrome in children

ABSTRACT

From June 2001 to June 2003, at HCM city Children Hospital N01 and Tien Giang General Hospital, 320 cases of Dengue hemorrhagy were studied prospectively. All cases were dignosed definitely by serology IgM-ELISA HI reaction. Logistic regression analysis showed the related factors for prolonging the dengue hemorrhagic fever shock: age 5-9 years old, fever episode, gastrointestinal hemorrhagy, liver failure, hypoglycemia, hyponatrimia, metabolic acidosis, blood coagulation disturbance, delay of diagnosis, no-accuracy treatment, no proper follow up, tremble with perfusion.