Clinical and epidemiological characterization of Dengue 2015-2020 Hospital Regional de la Orinoquía ESE

Abstract

Introduction: Dengue is a viral infection, transmitted meanly by Aedes aegypti, it is considered like event of interest in public health. On the other hand, the arboviral disease is one of the most important to worldwide in terms of morbidity, mortality, and economic impact. Materials and methods: an observational, descriptive, retrospective, and retrospective study was made which including population with confirmed diagnosis of dengue treated at the Hospital Regional de la Orinoquía ESE between 2015 and 2020. The database was recorded in Excel version 2013 and was analyzed in statistical package SPSS version 22. Results: 3395 patients were confirmed with diagnosis of dengue, 51 % (n =1735) belong to dengue without warning signs, 47 % (n =1599) to dengue with warning signs and 2 % (n =61) severe dengue. The average age was 20 years old; the age ranges were like minimum nine (9) months and maximum 94 years old. The mortality corresponded to 0,2 %. Conclusions: Dengue affects the entire population and continues to being an emerging disease of interesting in public health around the world. In Colombia is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in all age groups, which mean that the behavior of this disease must continue to being studied. And in the end the prevention public politics must be reinforced.