The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Endoscopy
VOLUME 9, ISSUE 1, April 2008

Cause of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding in Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Patient

Elza Febria Sari (Unknown)
Ari Fahrial Syam (Unknown)
Leonard Nainggolan (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
04 Jan 2008

Abstract

Dengue fever is an acute mosquito-transmitted disease caused by the dengue fever virus which had clinical manifestations range from fever to severe hemorrhage, shock, and death.1  There were 500,000 cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever and 25,000 deaths due to dengue annually worldwide. Bleeding is one of the major problems encountered in dengue fever. The reported prevalence of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in dengue patients varies from 5% to 30%. The pathogenesis of hemorrhage could be multifactor and include vasculopathy, platelet deficiency, and dysfunction, and blood coagulation defects. We presented here a case of 27 years-old male patient who had clinical manifestation of hematemesis on his third day of fever.   Keywords: GI tract, bleeding, DHF

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jghe

Publisher

Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology

Description

The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Endoscopy is an academic journal which has been published since 2000 and owned by 3 Societies: The Indonesian Society of Gastroenterology; Indonesian Association for the Study of the Liver; The Indonesian Society for Digestive ...