{"id":18116,"date":"2022-10-23T07:58:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T07:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/?page_id=18116"},"modified":"2024-12-01T01:26:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T01:26:51","slug":"journal-2022-vol-23-no-2-original-articles-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/journal-2022-vol-23-no-2-original-articles-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Journal 2022 Vol.23 No.2 Original Articles 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><b><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Journal 2022 Vol.23 No.2<\/span><\/b><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Mean Hematocrit Values, Disease Severity, and Discharge Status of Undernourished Versus Well-Nourished Children with Dengue Infection in a Tertiary Government Hospital<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Kiara Natalie B. Roble, M.D. and Robert A. Tagocon, M.D.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Abstract<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong> Studies comparing hematocrit values, disease severity, and discharge status between well-nourished and undernourished pediatric dengue patients are limited.<br \/>\n<strong>Objective:<\/strong> This study compared the mean hematocrit values, disease severity and discharge status of undernourished vs. well-nourished pediatric dengue patients admitted in a tertiary government hospital.<br \/>\n<strong>Methodology:<\/strong> A retrospective cohort study involving 114 pediatric dengue patients, with comparison groups of well-nourished and undernourished children matched according to age, phase of illness and sex was done. Main outcomes measured were mean hematocrit values, disease severity and discharge status.<br \/>\n<strong>Results:<\/strong> There was a significantly lower mean pre-resuscitation hematocrit in the wasted (M=39.67%, SD=3.78) compared to the well-nourished group (M=43.68%, SD=4.72), p=0.006, among children &gt;6 to 12 years old in the febrile phase. There were no significant differences in disease severity and discharge status between wasted and well-nourished children. In those &gt;2 to 6 years old in the febrile phase, the severely wasted had significantly higher pre-resuscitation hematocrit (M=43.28%, SD=4.77) compared to well-nourished children (M=39.11%, SD=5.34), p=0.041. More severe dengue, worse discharge status and an earlier time to demise was seen among severely wasted children.<br \/>\n<strong>Conclusion:<\/strong> Wasted participants had significantly lower mean hematocrit values with no difference in diseaseseverity\u00a0 and discharge status when compared to well-nourished participants. Severely wasted children had significantly higher hematocrit values, severe dengue, and worse discharge status.<br \/>\n<strong>Keywords:<\/strong> Dengue Fever, Undernutrition, Hematocrit<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.56964\/pidspj20222302009\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.56964\/pidspj20222302009<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/009_PIDSP-vol-23-no-2_ROBLE_HCT.pdf\">|\u00a0View Full Article in PDF format\u00a0|<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journal 2022 Vol.23 No.2 Mean Hematocrit Values, Disease Severity, and Discharge Status of Undernourished Versus Well-Nourished Children with Dengue Infection in a Tertiary Government Hospital Kiara Natalie B. Roble, M.D. and Robert A. Tagocon, M.D. Abstract Background: Studies comparing hematocrit values, disease severity, and discharge status between well-nourished and undernourished pediatric dengue patients are limited.  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18116","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18116"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19806,"href":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18116\/revisions\/19806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}