Correlation of radiological ndings & hematological ndings in assessing severity of dengue fever in pediatric patients

This  study  was  conducted to find out correlation of radiological findings haematological findings in assessing  severity. The study was conducted at Dr D Y Patilmedical college PimpriPune. 100  serologically  diagnosed  Dengue  fever  patients underwent  ultrasonography  and  haematological  tests  and  their  findings  were  correlated. Results  as  follows  Sonographic  features  of  thickened  GB  wall , pleural  effusion  (bilateral  or  right  side ),  ascites , hepatomegaly  and  splenomegaly  should  strongly  favour  the diagnosis  of  dengue  fever  in  patients  presenting  with  fever  and  associated symptoms , particularly  during  an  epidemic.  The  degree  of  thrombocytopenia  showed  a  significant  direct  relationship  to abnormal  ultrasound  features  (in  various  combinations ) in  our  study Ultrasound  imaging  features  also  showed  a  relationship  to   the  age  of  the patient  , most  common  age  group  affected  in  our  study  was  age  more  than  5 years.