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    This document introduces the case presentation for the July mortality conference. The case will focus on a patient with dengue fever who developed severe complications. Dengue fever is a common disease that can cause a serious flu-like illness and sometimes lethal complications if not properly treated. The presentation will address issues in case management, fluid resuscitation, blood transfusion, and things that could have been done differently. It will also discuss knowledge gaps and key takeaways. Differential diagnoses of influenza and leptospirosis will also be covered.

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    This document introduces the case presentation for the July mortality conference. The case will focus on a patient with dengue fever who developed severe complications. Dengue fever is a common disease that can cause a serious flu-like illness and sometimes lethal complications if not properly treated. The presentation will address issues in case management, fluid resuscitation, blood transfusion, and things that could have been done differently. It will also discuss knowledge gaps and key takeaways. Differential diagnoses of influenza and leptospirosis will also be covered.

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    Causing A Severe Flu-Like Illness And, Sometimes Causing A Potentially Lethal Complication, If Not Properly Treated

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    Remaica Hernadez
    This document introduces the case presentation for the July mortality conference. The case will focus on a patient with dengue fever who developed severe complications. Dengue fever is a common disease that can cause a serious flu-like illness and sometimes lethal complications if not properly treated. The presentation will address issues in case management, fluid resuscitation, blood transfusion, and things that could have been done differently. It will also discuss knowledge gaps and key takeaways. Differential diagnoses of influenza and leptospirosis will also be covered.

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    RATIONALE

    GOOD AFTERNOON WELCOME TO OUR MORTALITY CONFERENCE FOR THE MONTH OF JULY,
    THIS MONTHS PRESENTATION WILL BE A CASE OF DENGUE FEVER WITH SEVERE
    COMPLICATIONS.
    RATIONALE FOR THE SELECTION OF THE CASE
    IS THAT DENGUE FEVER AS WE ALL KNOW IS A VERY COMMON DISEASE, CAUSING A SEVERE
    FLU-LIKE ILLNESS AND, SOMETIMES CAUSING A POTENTIALLY LETHAL COMPLICATION, IF NOT
    PROPERLY TREATED.
    WE HOPE TO ADDRESS ISSUES IN CASE MANAGEMENT, MORE SPECIFICALLY, IN FLUID
    RESUSCITATION AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION, DISCUSS ISSUES ON WHAT WE WOULD HAVE DONE
    DIFFERENTLY, ITS KNOWLEDGE GAPS, AND FINALLY, THE TAKE HOME POINTS
    Differential diagnosis
    Influenza
    Leptospirosis ruled out using the modified faines critera. In this criteria, clinical, epidemiological and lab findings
    were added. clinical + epid factors = 26 or more. May mean current leptospirosis ( sensitivity, 58%, specificity
    97.4 %,
    )
    ,

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