Vol. 5 (11) pp. 1152-1153 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5877

IMPROVING CLINICAL OUTCOMES THROUGH SETTING UP OF A SPECIALISED DENGUE TREATMENT UNIT.

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  • Dengue Unit, National Hospital of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Abstract

Dengue is a significant public health problem in Sri Lanka. This year has seen the largest dengue epidemic so far. Availability of well-trained medical staff and adequate facilities for intensive patient monitoring are important issues during large dengue epidemics. We report on the improvement of clinical outcomes following the setting up of a Specialised Dengue Treatment Unit (DTU) with high dependency facilities at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka.

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Pradeep K de Silva, Priyankara Jayawardena, Umesh Jayarajah, Shuaib Faizer, Lakshika Perera, Vibhavee Kannangara, Ishan M De Zoysa and Suranjith L Seneviratne. (2017); IMPROVING CLINICAL OUTCOMES THROUGH SETTING UP OF A SPECIALISED DENGUE TREATMENT UNIT., International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), 5 (11), 1152-1153, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5877

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SuranjithL Seneviratne
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo Kynsey Road, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka.

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