Patterns And Severity Of Falling Platelet Counts In Children With Dengue Fever
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: A90- Dengue fever [classical dengue]
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/04/032819
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Sharath Krishna Sathyan
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Children aged between 1 month to 18 years, admitted in the Department of Paediatrics, Kasturba Hospital with features of suspected or probable dengue with positive Dengue IgM test or NS1 Ag test.
•Children tested positive for Dengue fever before hospitalisation will also be included in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with known cases of thrombocytopenia like ITP or associated syndromes.
2.Children tested positive for other infections like Malaria, Leptospirosis, scrub typhus, typhoid.
3.Children whose parents refuse to participate in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method â?¢To study the platelet counts in children diagnosed with dengue fever in relation to onset of illness. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>â?¢To correlate the platelet counts in children diagnosed with dengue fever with severity of illness (D-W , D+W and SDF). <br/ ><br>Timepoint: At the time of admission <br/ ><br>Through the Hospital stay <br/ ><br>At the time of discharge
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To obtain a clinical profile of dengue illness in children in relation to their severityTimepoint: At the time of admission