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Revista Habanera de Ciencias Médicas
On-line version ISSN 1729-519X
Abstract
GUERRA COBIAN, Orlando; SARRACENT PEREZ, Humberto and PUPO TRIGUERO, Raúl Jorge. Orofacial findings associated to dengue. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2013, vol.12, suppl.5, pp. 33-41. ISSN 1729-519X.
Introduction: dengue constitutes a serious problem of health and a constant alert for the National epidemiological System, presenting a symptomatic complex that involves the orofacial region. Objective: this study was done with the objectives:, to characterize the sample social-demographically and according with a clinical type of dengue; to identify Orofacial findings , and to describe laboratory findings of sample. Material and Method: a descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 368 patients of the total of patients who were hospitalyzed with the diagnosis of dengue in the Hospitals «Freyre de Andrade» and «10 de Octubre», La Havana. Cuba, from july 2012 to November 2012. Social-demographical data and clinical type of dengue were obtained of medical records. Clinical examination of orofacial complex was done, and the values of lab exams obtained were averaged and standard desviation was obtained. Results: 368 patients were studied, the 57,1% of the sample were female, the 32,2% of the patients were with age among 20-29 years, the 14,4% were diagnosed of hemorragic fever of dengue. The 86,1% had facial erythema; the retrobital pain and palatine petechiae were reported in 77,4 and 23,9% respectively. Conclusions: the orofacial findings are associated to dengue infection frequently, being these related with their clinical type and their modifications in the laboratory parameters.
Keywords : dengue; clinical feature; orofacial findings.