scholarly journals Eight Cases of Dengue Fever in a Volunteer Group from Sri Lanka and Its Ocular Involvement

2017 ◽  
Vol 92 (5) ◽  
pp. 484-487
Author(s):  
Ji Yeon Lee ◽  
Hyun Ah Kim ◽  
Yu Cheol Kim ◽  
Seong Yeol Ryu
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Dengue Fever ◽  
Ocular Involvement ◽  
Volunteer Group

scholarly journals Trends of fluid requirement in dengue fever and dengue haemorrhagic fever: a single centre experience in Sri Lanka

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Senanayake AM Kularatne ◽  
Kosala GAD Weerakoon ◽  
Ruwan Munasinghe ◽  
Udaya K Ralapanawa ◽  
Manoji Pathirage
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Dengue Fever ◽  
Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever ◽  
Haemorrhagic Fever ◽  
Single Centre ◽  
Single Centre Experience ◽  
Fluid Requirement

scholarly journals Direct costs of managing in-ward dengue patients in Sri Lanka: A prospective study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. e0258388
Author(s):  
Chathurani Sigera ◽  
Chaturaka Rodrigo ◽  
Nipun L. de Silva ◽  
Praveen Weeratunga ◽  
Deepika Fernando ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Dengue Fever ◽  
Dengue Infection ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Direct Costs ◽  
Healthcare Management ◽  
Budget Planning ◽  
Hospitalised Patients ◽  
Cost Efficient ◽  
A Prospective Study

Introduction The cost in managing hospitalised dengue patients varies across countries depending on access to healthcare, management guidelines, and state sponsored subsidies. For health budget planning, locally relevant, accurate costing data from prospective studies, is essential. Objective To characterise the direct costs of managing hospitalised patients with suspected dengue infection in Sri Lanka. Methods Colombo Dengue Study is a prospective single centre cohort study in Sri Lanka recruiting suspected hospitalised dengue fever patients in the first three days of fever and following them up until discharge. The diagnosis of dengue is retrospectively confirmed and the cohort therefore has a group of non-dengue fever patients with a phenotypically similar illness, managed as dengue while in hospital. The direct costs of hospital admission (base and investigation costs, excluding medication) were calculated for all recruited patients and compared between dengue and non-dengue categories as well as across subgroups (demographic, clinical or temporal) within each of these categories. We also explored if excluding dengue upfront, would lead to an overall cost saving in several hypothetical scenarios. Results From October 2017 to February 2020, 431 adult dengue patients and 256 non-dengue fever patients were recruited. The hospitalisation costs were USD 18.02 (SD: 4.42) and USD 17.55 (SD: 4.09) per patient per day for dengue and non-dengue patients respectively (p>0.05). Laboratory investigations (haematological, biochemical and imaging) accounted for more than 50% of the total cost. The costs were largely homogenous in all subgroups within or across dengue and non-dengue categories. Excluding dengue upfront by subsidised viral genomic testing may yield overall cost savings for non-dengue patients. Conclusion As non-dengue patients incur a similar cost per day as the dengue patients, confirming dengue diagnosis using subsidised tests for patients presenting in the first three days of fever may be cost-efficient.

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding dengue fever in a suburban community in Sri Lanka

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
TDCP Gunasekara ◽  
VGNS Velathanthiri ◽  
MM Weerasekara ◽  
SSN Fernando ◽  
M Peelawattage ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Dengue Fever ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Suburban Community ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

scholarly journals Series of 10 dengue fever cases with unusual presentations and complications in Sri Lanka: a single centre experience in 2016

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. M. Kularatne ◽  
Udaya Ralapanawa ◽  
Chamara Dalugama ◽  
Jayanika Jayasinghe ◽  
Sawandika Rupasinghe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Dengue Fever ◽  
Single Centre ◽  
Single Centre Experience

Lessons to Be Learnt For Policy Planners on Promoting Health Education on Childhood Fever Management: Evidence from a Cohort of Children with Dengue Fever

2020 ◽  
Vol 03 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
S.M. Arnold ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Dengue Fever ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Laboratory Diagnosis ◽  
Health Staff ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Fever Management

Introduction Dengue fever has been a public health challenge in Sri Lanka. Many of the home-based secondary preventive measures are influenced by the parental knowledge on fever. This study was done to describe the level of knowledge on fever among parents and its associations with the events of child’s dengue episode with the view of exploring the components that should be covered in related health educational messages. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study was done in six general medical wards of the premier children’s hospital in Sri Lanka. Parents who were the bystanders of children admitted as suspected cases of dengue according to the surveillance guidelines, consisted the study population. The sample size was determined with a statistical formula. An interviewer administered questionnaire was used. Data collection was done by two trained data collectors. Descriptive statistics and the chi square test were used with a significance level of 5%. Prior ethics approval was obtained. Results Study sample included 423 parents with a response rate of 99.5%. Most were parents of children of school going age (64.8%) and majority were mothers (97.6%). In more than half (50.4%), the level of knowledge was unsatisfactory. The level of knowledge was significantly associated with the education level (p<0.05), but not with the gender or the employment status (p>0.05) of the parents. A higher knowledge was further associated with a higher utilization of thermometer, and the administration of the correct anti-pyretic dosage and early laboratory diagnosis (p<0.05). Conclusions and Recommendations A higher level of knowledge on fever is associated with favourable clinical events in the dengue episode. The level of knowledge on fever must be improved irrespective of the gender and the employment status of the parents prioritizing those with a lower level of education. Public health interventions must be implemented by regular updating of public health staff’s knowledge on prevention of dengue, fever management their implications on laboratory diagnosis and treatment costs through in service training and in empowering the field health staff in disseminating relevant health education messages to the community.

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