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ArticleRisk management and healthcare policy2014

Validation of dengue infection severity score.

Surangrat Pongpan, Jayanton Patumanond, Apichart Wisitwong, Chamaiporn Tawichasri, Sirianong Namwongprom

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  1. Prognostic Models in Patients with Dengue: A Systematic Review.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025
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  4. Trends of Dengue Disease Epidemiology.Virology : research and treatment · 2017
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  5. Dengue infection severity score - improvised disease management.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2016
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Surangrat PongpanClinical Epidemiology Program, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand ; Department of Occupational Medicine, Phrae Hospital, Phrae, Thailand.
Jayanton PatumanondClinical Epidemiology Program, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Apichart WisitwongDepartment of Social Medicine, Sawanpracharak Hospital, Nakorn Sawan, Thailand.
Chamaiporn TawichasriClinical Epidemiology Society at Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Sirianong NamwongpromClinical Epidemiology Program, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand ; Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo validate a simple scoring system to classify dengue viral infection severity to patients in different settings.

methodsThe developed scoring system derived from 777 patients from three tertiary-care hospitals was applied to 400 patients in the validation data obtained from another three tertiary-care hospitals. Percentage of correct classification, underestimation, and overestimation was compared. The score discriminative performance in the two datasets was compared by analysis of areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves.

resultsPatients in the validation data were different from those in the development data in some aspects. In the validation data, classifying patients into three severity levels (dengue fever, dengue hemorrhagic fever, and dengue shock syndrome) yielded 50.8% correct prediction (versus 60.7% in the development data), with clinically acceptable underestimation (18.6% versus 25.7%) and overestimation (30.8% versus 13.5%). Despite the difference in predictive performances between the validation and the development data, the overall prediction of the scoring system is considered high.

conclusionThe developed severity score may be applied to classify patients with dengue viral infection into three severity levels with clinically acceptable under- or overestimation. Its impact when used in routine clinical practice should be a topic for further study.

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clinical prediction ruledengue hemorrhagic feverdengue shock syndromevalidation

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