Association of pleural effusion with hematocrit and platelet counts among patients diagnosed with dengue fever in De La Salle University Medical Center from January 2010-January 2015

Publication Date

2017

Document Type

Research

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the association of presence of pleural effusion with elevated hematocrit level and decreased platelet count. All dengue patients which admitted at DLSUMC were included in this study. Only 252 patients from the total of 548 Dengue patients (46%) admitted at De La Salle University Medical center from January 1, 2010- January 1, 2025 were included in this study. Pediatric age group (52.4%) and male (57.5%) patients are found to be more prone to develop pleural effusion, with a right-sided pleural effusion as most common finding. Logistic regression linear analysis study shows significant relationship between the elevated hematocrit value and decreased platelet count with the presence of pleural effusion, both with p value < 0.05. This study found that most Dengue patients with elevated hematocrit ≥40% and platelet counts below 56.744/mL have pleural effusion. Furthermore, this study revealed that the incidence of pleural effusion significantly increased (>50%) on the 7th and 8th days after onset of fever.

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