Polyserositis in Dengue Fever: Its prevalence and Association with Clinical and Laboratory Parameters in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Abstract

Dengue fever is an emerging public health problem in a large endemic population in tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world. This study was aimed at analyzing the prevalence and association of clinical and laboratory parameters in dengue fever. Total 439 fever cases were screened out of which 176   were detected to have dengue infection. The mean age of the study participants was 32.9 ± 12.5 years. In our study we detected serous cavity involvement in 152 patients and in this group 110 (62.5%) patients had single serous cavity involvement which was either pleural cavity or peritoneal cavity and 42 (23.9%) had  polyserositis. 24  patients had no involvement of the serous cavity. We observed that haemoglobin level, blood urea and Packed cell volume was notably higher and platelets were low in patients with polyserositis. While fever was the predominant symptom, there were atypical presentations, such as diarrhoea. This study helps in comprehensive understanding of the normal and atypical clinical symptoms, as well as the potential consequences of dengue and its  significance on  serositis, which is crucial for prompt diagnosis and effective treatment.