This study was done with the objectives to study the demographic, clinical, laboratory profile and outcome of Dengue illness in Pediatric patients. This retrospective study was done in children up to 12 years of age with Dengue illness from 2012 to 2015 admitted in the Pediatric ward and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, Assam. Data of 88 children with Dengue illness was analyzed. Thirty cases were diagnosed in 2012, 41 cases in 2013, 2 in 2014 and 15 cases were there in 2015. Most common age group affected was 6-12 years, where 75 (85.22%) cases were in this age group and the youngest child was 9 months old. This study showed a male to female ratio of 1.93:1.Clinical features in order of frequency were fever (100%), bodyache (45.45%), vomiting (40.9%), headache (36.36%), chill and rigor (22.72%), pain abdomen (18.18%), retro orbital pain (18.18%) loose watery stool (4.54%) and bleeding manifestations (2.26%). Features of acute pancreatitis and pleural effusion were found in 1 (1.13%) case each. Out of 88 cases, 1 was DHF, 1 was DSS and remaining 86 were with Dengue Fever. No mortality was found in this study.
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