World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

A CASE OF SEVERE DENGUE FEVER PROGRESSING TO MULTIORGAN FAILURE: REPORT FROM RURAL CRITICAL CARE IN INDIA

Dr. Harish Handyal*

ABSTRACT

Dengue fever is a major public health problem in India. Shock syndrome is a dangerous complication of dengue infection and is associated with high mortality. Increased vascular permeability, together with myocardial dysfunction and dehydration, contribute to the development of shock, with resultant multiorgan failure. Diagnosis is largely clinical and is supported by serology and No specific methods are available to predict outcome and progression. We report a case of severe dengue fever that later developed multiorgan failure and was successfully treated in our ICU. In conclusion, we suggest that clinicians in areas where dengue fever is endemic should be made aware of these unusual complications of Dengue fever and appropriate therapy without delay results in better outcome.

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