Table 3. Clinical Features of the Fatal Laboratory-positive Dengue Cases at Time of Death or End of Hospital Stay, 2007, Puerto Rico.
Clinical Features of the Fatal Laboratory-positive Dengue Cases At Time of Death or End of Hospital Stay† | ||||||||||||
Case | Met DHF‡ criteria | Lowest PLTs×109/L | Lowest HCT % | Hemorrhagic Manifestations | Signs of Plasma Leakage | LOS triage to terminal event | ||||||
GI | Pulmonary | Vaginal | ICH | Other | Effusion | Low albumin | Hemo-concentrated | |||||
1 | No | 234 | 46.5 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Pleural | Yes | Yes | 13.0 |
2 | Yes | 53 | 9.2 | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Pleural | Yes | Yes | 83.8 |
3 | No | 28 | 5.9 | UNK | No | No | UNK | Yes | UNK | UNK | No | DOA |
4 | Yes | 18 | 20.7 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Pleural Ascites | Yes | No | 59.2 |
5 | Yes | 50 | 29.5 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | 71.7 |
6 | No | 34 | 24.7 | No | No | No | No | No | Ascites | Yes | No | Home |
7 | Yes | 29 | 33.6 | UNK | Yes | No | UNK | Yes | Pleural | Yes | No | 30.0 |
8 | Yes | 8 | 45.4 | Yes | No | No | UNK | Yes | Ascites | Yes | Yes | 19.7 |
9 | No | UNK | UNK | No | Yes | No | No | No | Pleural Ascites Pericardial | UNK | UNK | DOA |
10 | No | 61 | 34.5 | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | 124.8 |
11 | Yes | 32 | 26.1 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Pleural | Yes | No | 91.8 |
This table describes the clinical features of laboratory positive dengue case-patients at time of death or end of hospital stay.
†: DHF = dengue hemorrhagic fever; PLT = platelet; HCT = hematocrit; GI = gastrointestinal; ICH = intracranial hemorrhage; LOS = length of stay.
‡: DHF criteria as defined by World Health Organization in Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever: Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention and Control. Second edition. Geneva: World Health Organization.