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Table 1 Frequency of complications in 166 patients with severe dengue infection, 2009

From: Histopathological diagnosis of myocarditis in a dengue outbreak in Sri Lanka, 2009

Complication

No. of patients (%)

Thrombocytopenia (< 50 × 109/l)

94 (57)

Significant spontaneous bleeding#

47 (28)

Hypotension (SBP < 90 mmHg)*

56 (34)

Provisional diagnosis of myocarditis

45 (27)

Pleural effusion

41 (25)

Myocarditis + pleural effusion

21 (13)

Ascites

29 (18)

Acute renal failure

06 (4)

Acute liver failure

34 (20)

  1. *Systolic blood pressure, # persistent bleeding from skin or mucosa such as haematemesis or melena