2488 Severe Dengue Fever With Impending Liver Failure in Thalassemic Patient With Pregnancy: A Diagnostic Challenge
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Dengue fever with acute liver failure.
A virus belonging to the Flaviviridae group causes dengue haemorrhagic fever. Dengue presenting as acute liver failure is rare. Dengue is endemic in India. The last epidemic of dengue occurred in Delhi in 2003. During this epidemic, 2185 confirmed cases of dengue were reported. Dengue virus serotypes 2 and 3 were responsible for this epidemic. A 19-yr-old male presented to our hospital with the...
متن کاملDengue Fever Associated Liver Failure
Background: Dengue fever is common in Southeast Asia although liver failure is a rare complication with up to 50% mortality rate reported in children. Objective: To evaluate the characteristics and treatment outcome of dengue fever associated liver failure (DFALF) in a case series of 4 paediatric patients. DFALF was defined as INR>2, regardless of the presence or absence of encephalopathy or IN...
متن کاملSevere right heart failure in a patient with chronic obstructive lung disease: a diagnostic challenge.
A 55-year-old male was admitted for evaluation of severe dyspnoea and hypoxaemia. Physical examination upon admission showed elevated jugular venous pressure and an accentuated second heart sound. Chest radiograph showed cardiomegaly with increased bibasilar markings. Arterial blood gas analysis while breathing room air showed marked hypoxaemia. High resolution computed tomography angiography o...
متن کاملUnruptured Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysm in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erthematosus: A Diagnostic Challenge
A 22-year-old female patient presented to the Emergency Department of a tertiary care hospital with symptoms of headache and nausea. She has been on a regular follow-up for the preceding three and a half years after being diagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). She had been treated earlier for SLE nephritis in the same institution, and had two relapses of nephrotic syndrome in the last...
متن کاملFactors Predicting Severe Dengue in Patients with Dengue Fever
INTRODUCTION Dengue virus (DENV) affects over half the world's population in 112 countries, and dengue fever (DF) is the second largest arthropod borne infectious global hazard after malaria with complications like Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) and Dengue Shock Syndrome (DSS), accounting for significant morbidity and mortality world-over. Pakistan is significantly affected with DENV infection ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0002-9270,1572-0241
DOI: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000599484.70257.52