Cardiac tamponade in a patient with severe dengue fever

Abstract A 26-year-old postpartum female presented with symptoms characteristic of dengue fever on the 16th day of puerperium. On the third day of the illness, the patient presented a clinical picture consistent with shock. Tests determined primary infection with dengue virus serotype 2. Cardiac tam...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Ana Isabel Vieira Fernandes, Ciro Leite Mendes, Raíssa Holmes Simões, Ana Elisa Vieira Fernandes Silva, Clarissa Barros Madruga, Carlos Alexandre Antunes de Brito, Lucio Roberto Castellano, Marli Tenório Cordeiro
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Subjects:
Dengue
Severe dengue
Cardiac tamponade
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0361-2016
https://doaj.org/article/1c336a264e6a48f881b2899f761e95d2
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Summary:Abstract A 26-year-old postpartum female presented with symptoms characteristic of dengue fever on the 16th day of puerperium. On the third day of the illness, the patient presented a clinical picture consistent with shock. Tests determined primary infection with dengue virus serotype 2. Cardiac tamponade was confirmed by echocardiography. This rare manifestation is described in a patient without any associated comorbidity.

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