Đặc điểm lâm sàng các trường hợp tử vong do sốt xuất huyết Dengue tại Việt Nam, 2008-2010

A retrospective study on 288 deaths caused by Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) in Vietnam during 2008 - 2010 showed that most of them had typical clinical manifestations of severe degrees with fever, haemorrhage, headache, body pains, muscle/bone/joint pains, hemoconcentration and thrombocytopenia, causing shock and shock-like syndrome. 100 percent deaths had fever, of which 62.5 percent with high fever ( 39°C); 90.3 percent with prolonged fever (2 to 7 days); 88.2 percent with haemorrhage. Common manifestations included tourniquet signs (51.4 percent); petechiae and ecchym.oses (49.3 percent); blood in vomit (32.6 percent) and dark stool (24.3 percent). 100 percent deaths belonged to 3rd and 4th clinical degrees (with shock and shock-like syndrome);