Descriptive Study of Characteristics, Length of Stay, Clinical Examination, Supporting Examinations, and Diagnosis of Dengue Fever Patients in 7 Hospitals

Abstract

Dengue fever is an endemic disease affecting infants, children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. Patients often require hospitalization and can even cause death. The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics, clinical data, supporting examinations, and diagnosis of dengue fever patients in 7 hospitals in Central Java. This study was descriptive in nature. The subjects were all medical records of dengue fever patients in the 7 hospitals. This study used a total population of 507 medical record documents. The results of the study showed that the majority of patients were aged 1-10 years, as many as 244 (48.1%), most of them were female, as many as 257 (50.7%), and the longest length of treatment was 1-4 days, as many as 267 (52.7%). The results of physical examination of DHF patients are as follows: blood pressure is mostly normal, namely 127 (25.5%), body temperature between 38 0C- 39 0C, 263 (51.9%), pulse rate is mostly 91 - 130 times / minute, 253 (49.9%), respiratory rate is mostly 11-20 times / minute, 175 (34.5) mostly 20 times / minute, 115 (22.7%), the results of supporting examinations of DHF patients show hematocrit 20-59, mostly 30 - 39, 284 (56.1%)), platelet examination results 2000-408,000, mostly 430 (84.8%) <150,000, the most common diagnosis is DHF (Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever) with code A91, 430 (84.8%), as many as 177 (34.9%) had comorbidities.