Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Maternal and perinatal outcomes of dengue in PortSudan, Eastern Sudan | Adam et al. Virology Journal 2010 7 153 http content 7 1 153 VIROLOGY JOURNAL RESEARCH Open Access Maternal and perinatal outcomes of dengue in PortSudan Eastern Sudan Ishag Adam 1 Ammar M Jumaa2 Hagir M Elbashir1 and Mubarak S Karsany3 Abstract Aim To investigate maternal and perinatal outcomes maternal death preterm delivery low birth weight and perinatal mortality of dengue at PortSudan and Elmawani hospitals in the eastern Sudan. Method This was a retrospective Cohort study where medical files of women with dengue were reviewed. Results There were 10820 deliveries and 78 pregnant women with confirmed dengue IgM serology at the mean SD gestational age of weeks. While the majority of these women had dengue fever 46 hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome were the presentations in 18 and 12 of these women respectively. There were 17 maternal deaths. Fourteen of these 78 women had preterm deliveries and 19 neonates were admitted to neonatal intensive care unit. Nineteen women gave birth to low birth weight babies. There were seven perinatal deaths. Eight patients delivered by caesarean section due to various obstetrical indications. Conclusion Thus dengue has poor maternal and perinatal outcomes in this setting. Preventive measures against dengue should be employed in the region and more research on dengue during pregnancy is needed. Introduction Dengue is the most common mosquito-borne infection with an estimated 100 million infections worldwide per year 1-3 . Many factors like urbanization increased population density air travel and limited resources for dengue prevention has led to dengue becoming a major public health problem in the tropics 3 . Of the 100 million annual infections 250-500 thousand persons manifest severe disease with the remainder being mild nonspecific or even asymptomatic 1-3 . Classic dengue fever DF is defined by the World Health Organization as an acute febrile
