Volume : VI, Issue : VII, July - 2017
PREDICTORS OF MORTALITY IN JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS.
Bhaskar K. Nath, Abhishrut P. Jog, Prithwiraj Bhattacharjee, Polok Das
Abstract :
Introduction– Japanese Encephalitis (JE) is a mosquito–borne viral infection of the central nervous system. Mortality rate is about 30 %. The study assesses the significance of the clinical and biochemical parameters in predicting the mortality in JE.
Materials– Over a period of 3 years, from 2013 to 2015, a total of 81 patients were diagnosed with JE. The cases were followed up for 1 year regarding mortality.
Observations– Loss to follow up– 9. There were 20 deaths (27.7%). The parameters of Seizures, GCS< 8 and hyponatremia, were present in 73.68%, 76.47% and 57.89% of expired patients respectively. Statistical analysis using Pearson χ2 testing, suggested significant association with mortality in patients having any or all of these three abnormalities.
Conclusions– The parameters of seizures, GCS<8 and hyponatremia are strong predictors of mortality in JE, individually or together.
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DOI : 10.36106/ijsr
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Bhaskar K. Nath, Abhishrut P. Jog, Prithwiraj Bhattacharjee, Polok Das, PREDICTORS OF MORTALITY IN JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : VOLUME-6 | ISSUE-7 | JULY-2017
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Bhaskar K. Nath, Abhishrut P. Jog, Prithwiraj Bhattacharjee, Polok Das, PREDICTORS OF MORTALITY IN JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : VOLUME-6 | ISSUE-7 | JULY-2017
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