Muhammad Afzal, Shahida Husain Tarar, Mehwish Akhtar.
Socio-demographic Characteristics and Clinical Spectrum of Dengue patients presenting to Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Teaching Hospital, Gujrat.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;8(1):56-9.

Aim: To determine the socio-demographic and clinical characteristic of the confirmed dengue cases presenting to the Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Teaching Hospital, Gujrat. Methods: About 200 confirmed cases of dengue presenting to the DHQ hospital Gujrat during November 2011 to January 2012 were enrolled in the study by non-probability consecutive sampling and were followed up during their stay in the hospital. Results: Mean age of patients was 29.90±11.86 while 179(89.5%) were male, belonging to Gujrat 151(75.5%) and lived in rural locality 108(54%). Majority were students 72(36%) and laborers 71(35.5%) and had an outdoor nature of job 163(81.5%). About 138(69.5%) and 40(20%) had dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever respectively and 22(11%) went into dengue shock syndrome. Predominant symptoms complaint by patients were fever 200(100%), generalized weakness 164 (82%), myalgias and arthralgia 153 (76.5%), GIT symptoms 148(74%) and headache 145(72.5%).. Conclusion: A wide variation is found in the sociodemographic and clinical spectrum of the dengue patients. Knowledge regarding these risk factors and clinical features can help in better planning and management if such outbreaks or epidemics are encountered again.

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