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Caracterización clínica y epidemiológica de los casos de dengue: experiencia del Hospital General de Culiacán, Sinaloa, México

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2009
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Ramírez-Zepeda, María Guadalupe
Velasco-Mondragón, Héctor Eduardo
Ramos, Celso
Peñuelas, Javier E
Maradiaga-Ceceña, Marco Antonio
Murillo-Llanes, Joel
Rivas-Llamas, Ramón
Chaín-Castro, Ricardo
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OBJETIVO: Documentar las características clínicas y epidemiológicas de los pacientes con dengue atendidos en un hospital de Culiacán, Sinaloa, México. MÉTODOS: Estudio transversal, observacional y analítico realizado en el Hospital General Dr. Bernardo J. Gastélum de Culiacán entre el 1 de octubre y el 2 de diciembre de 2003. Se evaluó la asociación entre las variables independientes (las características clínicas y epidemiológicas de los pacientes) y la variable dependiente (diagnóstico confirmado de dengue hemorrágico) mediante el análisis de regresión simple. Las variables que mostraron una relación significativa (P 100 000/mm3 en casos con cuadros clínicos graves (fuga capilar) que no se...(AU)
 
OBJECTIVES: To document the clinical and epidemiological characteristics present in dengue patients served by a hospital in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. METHODS: A cross-sectional, observational, and analytical study was carried out at the Hospital General Dr. Bernardo J. Gastélum de Culiacan from 1 October to 2 December 2003. Associations between the independent variables (the patients' clinical and epidemiological characteristics) and the dependent variable (confirmed hemorrhagic dengue) were determined through simple regression analysis. The variables that were significantly associated (P 100000/mm3 were confirmed in cases with acute clinical symptoms (capillary leak) that were not classified as hemorrhagic dengue due to falling short of the criteria established by WHO.(AU)
 
Translated title
Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of dengue cases: the experience of a general hospital in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
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Rev Panam Salud Publica;25(1),ene. 2009
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Dengue; Fiebre Hemorrágica Dengue; Signos y síntomas; Epidemiología; Mexico; Dengue; Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever; Signs and symptoms; Epidemiology; Mexico; Dengue; Dengue; Estudos Transversais; Hospitais Gerais; Mexico; Adulto Jovem
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https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/9894
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Ramírez-Zepeda, María Guadalupe,Velasco-Mondragón, Héctor Eduardo,Ramos, Celso,Peñuelas, Javier E,Maradiaga-Ceceña, Marco Antonio,Murillo-Llanes, Joel,Rivas-Llamas, Ramón,Chaín-Castro, Ricardo (2009) Caracterización clínica y epidemiológica de los casos de dengue: experiencia del Hospital General de Culiacán, Sinaloa, México. Rev Panam Salud Publica;25(1) 16-23,ene. 2009. Retrieved from http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892009000100003
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