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Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
Print version ISSN 1679-4974On-line version ISSN 2237-9622
Abstract
ESCOSTEGUY, Claudia Caminha et al. Age differences in the clinical and epidemiological pattern of severe dengue cases treated during the 2008 epidemic in Rio de Janeiro. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2013, vol.22, n.1, pp.67-76. ISSN 1679-4974. http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742013000100007.
OBJETIVE: to describe the clinical and epidemiological profile of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue fever with complications (DFC) patients treated at a federal hospital during the 2008 outbreak. METHODS: descriptive study using national Notifiable Diseases Information System data, supplemented by local epidemiological surveillance data. Cases were described by agegroup (children: ≤12years; adolescents: 13-19; adults: ≥20). RESULTS: 435 reported cases (DFC=78.9%; DHF=21.1%), 22.5% children, 17.9% teenagers and59.5% adults.Most frequent complaints were headache, myalgia and retro-orbital pain in adults and teenagers; abdominal pain in children and teenagers; vomiting and cutaneous rash in children. Hemorrhagic manifestations occurred in 62.8% regardless of age group. Plasma leakage occurred more in children (62.2%; p<0.01). CONCLUSIONS: knowing that more plasma leakage-related alterations occurred in children is relevant for healthcare planning.
Keywords : Dengue; Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever; Age Groups; Epidemiology; Descriptive; Epidemiological Surveillance.