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Hemorrhagic
Signs
and Symptoms in 57 Hospitalized Cases of DHF, Puerto Rico, 1990-1991
| SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS |
FREQUENCY* |
PERCENT** |
| Microscopic hematuria |
| Petechiae |
| Epistaxis |
| Gingival
hemorrhage |
| Blood
in stools |
| Positive
tourniquet test |
|
|
| 51.9% |
| 45.6% |
| 22.8% |
| 14.0% |
| 14.0% |
| 31.3% |
|
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* |
Minimum
estimate; the search was not uniform for all patients |
| ** |
Percents were calculated using the number of patients among
whom each symptom was sought as the denominator |
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| This slide presents the most common hemorrhagic manifestations
documented among these same 57 patients. The most common hemorrhagic
manifestation was microscopic hematuria, which occurred in
nearly 52% of patients examined for it, followed by petechiae,
epistaxis, gingival bleeding, blood in the stool, and a positive
result in a tourniquet test. |
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