Do young adults with uncomplicated dengue fever need hospitalisation? A retrospective analysis of clinical and laboratory features

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 476-479

  Lye, D C ^a   Chan, M ^a   Lee, V J ^b   Leo, Y S ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Department of Clinical Epidemiology ^*

Author keywords

Dengue fever; Dengue haemorrhagic fever; Dengue infection; Platelet count; Thrombocytopenia; Uncomplicated dengue fever

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; DENGUE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DENGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 47249128131     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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