Prevalence of Non-Dengue thrombocytopaenia among Adult patients presenting with acute febrile illness in primary outpatient clinics

A proportion of patients with acute viral fever with thrombocytopaenia does not necessary have dengue infection. Managing them indiscriminately as dengue infection may not be appropriate. The prevalence of this problem is not exactly known. The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence...

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Main Authors:	Tong SF, Aziz NA, Chin GL
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit UKM 2006
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1849/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1849/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1849/1/05._25-30_%28MH_012%29.pdf

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spelling	ukm-18492016-12-14T06:30:20Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1849/ Prevalence of Non-Dengue thrombocytopaenia among Adult patients presenting with acute febrile illness in primary outpatient clinics Tong SF, Aziz NA, Chin GL, A proportion of patients with acute viral fever with thrombocytopaenia does not necessary have dengue infection. Managing them indiscriminately as dengue infection may not be appropriate. The prevalence of this problem is not exactly known. The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of acute non-dengue febrile thrombocytopaenia among adult patients presenting with acute non-specific febrile illness in an outpatient setting. This was a clinic-based cross sectional study. Consecutive patients presenting with non-specific febrile illness of less than two weeks were selected from the Primary Care Centre of Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM) and the Batu 9 Cheras Health Clinic. Full blood count was done on the day of visit and dengue serology was done on day five of illness for all patients enrolled. Seventy three patients participated in this study from May to November 2003. Among the patients, 35 (47.9%) were noted to haveA proportion of patients with acute viral fever with thrombocytopaenia does not necessary have dengue infection. Managing them indiscriminately as dengue infection may not be appropriate. The prevalence of this problem is not exactly known. The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of acute non-dengue febrile thrombocytopaenia among adult patients presenting with acute non-specific febrile illness in an outpatient setting. This was a clinic-based cross sectional study. Consecutive patients presenting with non-specific febrile illness of less than two weeks were selected from the Primary Care Centre of Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM) and the Batu 9 Cheras Health Clinic. Full blood count was done on the day of visit and dengue serology was done on day five of illness for all patients enrolled. Seventy three patients participated in this study from May to November 2003. Among the patients, 35 (47.9%) were noted to have thrombocytopaenia. Fourteen (40%) patients with thrombocytopaenia were serologically negative. The prevalence of non-dengue febrile thrombocytopaenia was 19.2%. A significant number of patients with acute non-specific febrile illness with thrombocytopaenia were negative for dengue serology. These patients should be differentiated from those with acute febrile thrombocytopaenia, as they might differ in their natural history from those with dengue infection, and hence require different management strategies Penerbit UKM 2006 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1849/1/05._25-30_%28MH_012%29.pdf Tong SF, and Aziz NA, and Chin GL, (2006) Prevalence of Non-Dengue thrombocytopaenia among Adult patients presenting with acute febrile illness in primary outpatient clinics. Medicine & Health, 1 (1). ISSN 1823-2140 http://www.ppukm.ukm.my/ukmmcjournal/index.php
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description	A proportion of patients with acute viral fever with thrombocytopaenia does not necessary have dengue infection. Managing them indiscriminately as dengue infection may not be appropriate. The prevalence of this problem is not exactly known. The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of acute non-dengue febrile thrombocytopaenia among adult patients presenting with acute non-specific febrile illness in an outpatient setting. This was a clinic-based cross sectional study. Consecutive patients presenting with non-specific febrile illness of less than two weeks were selected from the Primary Care Centre of Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM) and the Batu 9 Cheras Health Clinic. Full blood count was done on the day of visit and dengue serology was done on day five of illness for all patients enrolled. Seventy three patients participated in this study from May to November 2003. Among the patients, 35 (47.9%) were noted to haveA proportion of patients with acute viral fever with thrombocytopaenia does not necessary have dengue infection. Managing them indiscriminately as dengue infection may not be appropriate. The prevalence of this problem is not exactly known. The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of acute non-dengue febrile thrombocytopaenia among adult patients presenting with acute non-specific febrile illness in an outpatient setting. This was a clinic-based cross sectional study. Consecutive patients presenting with non-specific febrile illness of less than two weeks were selected from the Primary Care Centre of Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM) and the Batu 9 Cheras Health Clinic. Full blood count was done on the day of visit and dengue serology was done on day five of illness for all patients enrolled. Seventy three patients participated in this study from May to November 2003. Among the patients, 35 (47.9%) were noted to have thrombocytopaenia. Fourteen (40%) patients with thrombocytopaenia were serologically negative. The prevalence of non-dengue febrile thrombocytopaenia was 19.2%. A significant number of patients with acute non-specific febrile illness with thrombocytopaenia were negative for dengue serology. These patients should be differentiated from those with acute febrile thrombocytopaenia, as they might differ in their natural history from those with dengue infection, and hence require different management strategies
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author	Tong SF, Aziz NA, Chin GL,
spellingShingle	Tong SF, Aziz NA, Chin GL, Prevalence of Non-Dengue thrombocytopaenia among Adult patients presenting with acute febrile illness in primary outpatient clinics
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title	Prevalence of Non-Dengue thrombocytopaenia among Adult patients presenting with acute febrile illness in primary outpatient clinics
title_short	Prevalence of Non-Dengue thrombocytopaenia among Adult patients presenting with acute febrile illness in primary outpatient clinics
title_full	Prevalence of Non-Dengue thrombocytopaenia among Adult patients presenting with acute febrile illness in primary outpatient clinics
title_fullStr	Prevalence of Non-Dengue thrombocytopaenia among Adult patients presenting with acute febrile illness in primary outpatient clinics
title_full_unstemmed	Prevalence of Non-Dengue thrombocytopaenia among Adult patients presenting with acute febrile illness in primary outpatient clinics
title_sort	prevalence of non-dengue thrombocytopaenia among adult patients presenting with acute febrile illness in primary outpatient clinics
publisher	Penerbit UKM
publishDate	2006
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1849/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1849/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1849/1/05._25-30_%28MH_012%29.pdf
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Prevalence of Non-Dengue thrombocytopaenia among Adult patients presenting with acute febrile illness in primary outpatient clinics

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