Table 1.

Summary of important clinical and laboratory data of 3 fatal cases of dengue with the list of complications

Description of case		Clinical status on admission and subsequently	Investigations		Complications	Duration of illness from onset to death
No	Age/Gender		Test	Results
1	34 / M	Fever 3 days	WBC	3.5 × 109/l	Persistent hypotension	5 days
		Postural giddiness	Platelets	28 × 109/l	Fluid overload
		Cold peripheries	Creatinine	193 μmol/l	Pulmonary oedema
		BP: 80/50 mmHg	CRP	320 mg/l	Left ventricular-
		Pulse rate 98/min	ALT	73 U/L	hypokinesia
		Convulsions	AST	98 U/L	Hypoxaemia
		Assisted ventilation	Troponin I	0.29 ng/ml	Sepsis
			PH	7.1	Lactic acidosis
			Pco2	44 mmHg	Bleeding
			PaO2	61 mmHg	Renal failure
2	36/M	Type 2 diabetes	WBC	3.7 × 109/l	Erratic critical phase	6 days
		Fever 3 days	Platelets	34 × 109/l	Undue tachycardia
		BP 130/80 mmHg	Creatinine	82.5 μmol/l	Hypotension
		Pulse rate 90/min	Blood sugar	233 mg/dl	Fulminant hepatic
		Critical phase on	ALT (day- 3)	383 U/L	failure
		4th day with pleural effusion, tachycardia and low BP 100 mmHg Melaena, Reduced urine out put	(day-4)	4905 U/L	GI- bleeding
			AST (day-3)	463 U/L	Acute kidney injury
			(day-4)	9371 U/L	Lactic acidosis
			INR (day-5)	> 5
			PH (day-5)	7.32
3	40/F	Bronchial asthma	WBC	8.2 × 109/l	Profound shock on	6 days
		Fever 4 days	Platelet	28 × 109/l	admission
		Vomiting, shock	HCt	37	Pleural effusions
		Cold peripheries	Creatinine	84 μmol/l	Fulminant hepatic
		BP – un-recordable	Albumin	30.8 g/l	failure
		Pulse-108/ min	ALT(day-4)	1365 U/L	Encephalopathy
		US-Ab: fluid leak	(day-7)	2590 U/L
		Abdominal pain	AST (day-4)	2999 U/L
		Melaena Confusion	(day-5)	6812 U/L