Acute pancreatitis and acute respiratory distress syndrome complicating dengue haemorrhagic fever. (15th November 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Agrawal, Avinash; Jain, Nirdesh; Gutch, Manish; Shankar, Amit
• Is Part Of: BMJ case reports. Volume 2011
• Publication Date: 2011-11-15
• Subjects: Medicine -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1136/bcr.10.2011.4891
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-790X

Abstract

Abstract : Dengue infection is now known to present with wide spectrum of complications. Isolated cases of acute pancreatitis complicating dengue haemorrhagic fever have been reported in literature. Here the authors report a case of dengue haemorrhagic fever that develops acute pancreatitis and presented with acute onset of breathlessness, which then progressed to full-blown acute respiratory distress syndrome. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of dengue haemorrhagic fever complicated with acute pancreatitis and acute respiratory distress syndrome.