Dengue fever

Dengue fever (DF), caused by dengue virus, is an arboviral disease characterized by an initial non-specific febrile illness that can sometimes progress to more severe forms manifesting capillary leakage and hemorrhage (dengue hemorrhagic fever, or DHF) and shock (dengue shock syndrome, or DSS).

Anuria

Absence of urine, clinically classified as below 50ml/day.


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PMID (PMCID)
30089506
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Lessons learnt from managing a case of dengue hemorrhagic fever complicated with acute liver failure and acute kidney injury: a case report.
Dalugama C, Gawarammana IB.
J Med Case Rep. 2018;12(1):215.
We report the case of a 43-year-old Sri Lankan Sinhalese woman with serologically confirmed dengue fever presenting with evidence of plasma leakage developing acute liver failure evidenced by deranged liver functions, coagulopathy, and altered sensorium and acute kidney injury with anuria.