Introduction: Dengue is a major arboviral infection which poses great public health problems globally. According to WHO, around 3.9 billion people, in 128 countries, are at risk of infection with dengue virus. As there is no specific treatment for Dengue, iv fluids and paracetamol are the mainstay of treatment. This study was designed to assess the clinical and biochemical parameters of dengue fever patients admitted in medical wards of Government medical college, Ernakulam for the year 2016.

Materials and Methods: This is a Cross sectional study conducted at Department of General medicine, Government Medical College, Ernakulam, Kerala from January 2016 to December 2016. All patients admitted in medicine wards with laboratory confirmed dengue fever above the age of 12 years were included in the study. Details of history, examinations and laboratory and technical investigations reports were noted from time to time. Data were coded and entered into MS Excel. Analysis was done using S software. Quantitative variables were summarized using mean and SD.

Results and Discussion: A total of 315 patients who were admitted between January and December 2016 were studied and analysed. Majority of the patients were males (58%).Fever was seen in almost all patients. Platelet count less than 1 lakh was seen in 75 % of the patients. There was no mortality among the patients studied in our study.

Conclusions: Conservative management is required in the majority of the cases and the mortality rate is very low with adequate management. Dengue fever peaks during the monsoon period. So preventive measures carried out before that can drastically reduce the transmission of dengue.

Keywords: Dengue fever, thrombocytopenia, Kerala.

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Jacob K Jacob

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Government medical college, Ernakulam, Kalamassery,

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