Table 1. Characteristics of pediatric patients with clinical hemorrhagic fever, encephalitis, or hepatitis, National Pediatric Hospital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 1996–September 1998a.
Syndrome | Total no. of cases | Males | Females | Mean age (range) | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total hemorrhagic fever | 621 | 288 | 332 | 7 years (5 mo-15 yrs) | 11b |
Secondary dengue | 495 | 222 | 272 | 7 years (8 mo-15 yrs) | 4b |
Primary dengue | 14 | 8 | 6 | 4 years (5 mo-9 yrs) | — |
Total encephalitis | 50 | 15 | 35 | 4 years (3 mo-14 yrs) | 17b |
12c | |||||
JE | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 years (3-10 yrs) | 2b |
2c | |||||
Total hepatitis | 44 | 21 | 23 | 6 years (2 mo-14 yrs) | — |
Hepatitis A | 24 | 12 | 12 | 5 years (2 mo-9 yrs) | — |
Hepatitis B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 years | — |
aTotal number of hospital admissions during this period was 16,492 children. bDeaths. cDisabled. JE, Japanese encephalitis; —, all recovered.