Dengue haemorrhagic fever or dengue shock syndrome in children. 2015

Marissa M Alejandria
Section of Infectious Diseases, Departments of Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology College of Medicine, University of the Philippines, Manila, The Philippines.

BACKGROUND Dengue haemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome are major causes of hospital admission and mortality in children. METHODS We conducted a systematic review and aimed to answer the following clinical question: What are the effects of supportive treatments for dengue haemorrhagic fever or dengue shock syndrome in children? We searched: Medline, Embase, The Cochrane Library, and other important databases up to March 2014 (Clinical Evidence reviews are updated periodically, please check our website for the most up-to-date version of this review). We included harms alerts from relevant organisations such as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). RESULTS We found nine studies that met our inclusion criteria. We performed a GRADE evaluation of the quality of evidence for interventions. CONCLUSIONS In this systematic review we present information relating to the effectiveness and safety of the following interventions: adding blood component transfusion to standard intravenous fluids; adding corticosteroids or intravenous immunoglobulin to standard intravenous fluids; and crystalloids versus colloids.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007262 Infusions, Intravenous The long-term (minutes to hours) administration of a fluid into the vein through venipuncture, either by letting the fluid flow by gravity or by pumping it. Drip Infusions,Intravenous Drip,Intravenous Infusions,Drip Infusion,Drip, Intravenous,Infusion, Drip,Infusion, Intravenous,Infusions, Drip,Intravenous Infusion
D007552 Isotonic Solutions Solutions having the same osmotic pressure as blood serum, or another solution with which they are compared. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed & Dorland, 28th ed) Solutions, Isotonic
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D003102 Colloids Two-phase systems in which one is uniformly dispersed in another as particles small enough so they cannot be filtered or will not settle out. The dispersing or continuous phase or medium envelops the particles of the discontinuous phase. All three states of matter can form colloids among each other. Hydrocolloids,Colloid,Hydrocolloid
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000077324 Crystalloid Solutions Isotonic solutions of mineral salts, such as RINGER'S LACTATE and SODIUM CHLORIDE (SALINE SOLUTION), used in FLUID THERAPY to rehydrate BLOOD VOLUME. Crystalloid Solution,Crystalloid,Solution, Crystalloid,Solutions, Crystalloid
D000305 Adrenal Cortex Hormones HORMONES produced by the ADRENAL CORTEX, including both steroid and peptide hormones. The major hormones produced are HYDROCORTISONE and ALDOSTERONE. Adrenal Cortex Hormone,Corticoid,Corticoids,Corticosteroid,Corticosteroids,Cortex Hormone, Adrenal,Hormone, Adrenal Cortex,Hormones, Adrenal Cortex
D016756 Immunoglobulins, Intravenous Immunoglobulin preparations used in intravenous infusion, containing primarily IMMUNOGLOBULIN G. They are used to treat a variety of diseases associated with decreased or abnormal immunoglobulin levels including pediatric AIDS; primary HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; SCID; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS infections in transplant recipients, LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA, CHRONIC; Kawasaki syndrome, infection in neonates, and IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA. Antibodies, Intravenous,Human Intravenous Immunoglobulin,IV Immunoglobulin,IVIG,Intravenous Antibodies,Intravenous Immunoglobulin,Intravenous Immunoglobulins,Alphaglobin,Endobulin,Flebogamma DIF,Gamimmune,Gamimmune N,Gamimune,Gamimune N,Gammagard,Gammonativ,Gamunex,Globulin-N,IV Immunoglobulins,Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human),Immune Globulin, Intravenous,Immunoglobulins, Intravenous, Human,Intraglobin,Intraglobin F,Intravenous IG,Intravenous Immunoglobulins, Human,Iveegam,Modified Immune Globulin (Anti-Echovirus Antibody),Privigen,Sandoglobulin,Venimmune,Venoglobulin,Venoglobulin-I,Globulin N,Human Intravenous Immunoglobulins,Immunoglobulin, Human Intravenous,Immunoglobulin, IV,Immunoglobulin, Intravenous,Immunoglobulins, Human Intravenous,Immunoglobulins, IV,Intravenous Immune Globulin,Intravenous Immunoglobulin, Human,Venoglobulin I
D016896 Treatment Outcome Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series. Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes
D016913 Blood Component Transfusion The transfer of blood components such as erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets, and plasma from a donor to a recipient or back to the donor. This process differs from the procedures undertaken in PLASMAPHERESIS and types of CYTAPHERESIS; (PLATELETPHERESIS and LEUKAPHERESIS) where, following the removal of plasma or the specific cell components, the remainder is transfused back to the donor. Blood Component Transfusions,Component Transfusion, Blood,Component Transfusions, Blood,Transfusion, Blood Component,Transfusions, Blood Component

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