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ArticleJournal of medical case reports2022

Acute appendicitis during the recovery phase of dengue hemorrhagic fever: two case reports.

V Thadchanamoorthy, A Ganeshrajah, Kavinda Dayasiri, N P Jayasekara

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Article in Journal of medical case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

V ThadchanamoorthyHonorary Consultant Paediatrician, and Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health Care Sciences, Eastern University, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.
A GaneshrajahActg. Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Teaching Hospital, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.
Kavinda DayasiriConsultant Paediatrician and Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Colombo, Sri Lanka. kavindadayasiri@gmail.com.
N P JayasekaraRegistrar in Paediatrics, Teaching Hospital, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.
Teaching Hospital Batticaloa · LKEastern University, Sri Lanka · LKUniversity of Kelaniya · LK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDengue fever is one of the most common tropical diseases, with high prevalence in many tropical countries including Sri Lanka. Dengue infection can present from subclinical infection to dengue shock syndrome. Further, the disease also shows a variety of atypical presentations and has been reported to mimic a number of causes of acute abdomen. CASE PRESENTATION: The authors report two children (a 6-year-old Tamil girl and an 8-year-old Muslim girl) who were diagnosed to have acute appendicitis during the early recovery phase of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and late recovery period of dengue hemorrhagic fever with platelet count of 92 × 10

conclusionAlthough precise pathophysiology and associations of the surgical abdomen with dengue fever remain to be elucidated, there are known factors in dengue fever that can potentially lead to secondary bacterial infections and surgical abdomen. Awareness and increased suspicion by the clinician are paramount to detect such complications early, especially in children who demonstrate unusual clinical features during various stages of dengue infection.

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Abdomen, AcuteAppendicitisCoinfectionDengueSevere DengueAcute DiseaseAppendectomyChildFemaleHumansIndiaAcute appendicitisDengue hemorrhagic feverDengue shock syndromeTropical disease

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PMID35659758
PMCPMC9167555
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