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Sensitivity of the various disease classification systems in 152 patients with confirmed acute dengue virus infection.* |
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| Criteria used for the classification of DHF patients |
Number of patients with circulatory failure (n = 66) classified as DHF |
Sensitivity (95% CI) |
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| WHO classification system |
57 |
86 (76–94) |
| Bleeding and thrombocytopenia |
59 |
89 (79–96) |
| Bleeding and haemoconcentration |
58 |
88 (78–95) |
| Haemoconcentration and Thrombocytopenia |
63 |
96 (87–99) |
| Bleeding and thrombocytopenia or haemoconcentration |
60 |
91 (81–97) |
| Thrombocytopenia and haemoconcentration or bleeding |
65 |
99 (92–100) |
| Haemoconcentration and bleeding or thrombocytopenia |
64 |
97 (89–100) |
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* n, denotes number; CI, denotes confidence interval; DF, denotes dengue fever; DHF, denotes dengue haemorrhagic fever; WHO, denotes World Health Organization. | ||
Setiati et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2007 7:22 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-7-22 |
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