Severe dengue with massive pleural effusion requiring urgent intercostal chest tube drainage: a case report

Afzal Azim; Jyoti N. Sahoo; Arvind K. Baronia; Mohan Gurjar; Ratendra K. Singh; Banani Poddar; Armin Ahmed; Piyush Garg; Saurabh Saigal

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2010.12.024

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Severe dengue with massive pleural effusion requiring urgent intercostal chest tube drainage: a case report

Afzal Azim, MD

Jyoti N. Sahoo, MD

Arvind K. Baronia, MD

Mohan Gurjar, MD

Ratendra K. Singh, MD

Banani Poddar, MD

Armin Ahmed, MD

Piyush Garg, MD

Saurabh Saigal, MD

Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India 226014

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2010.12.024

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Dengue is one of the most common mosquito-borne infection affecting more than 50 million people worldwide annually. Most common causes for dengue-associated mortality are shock, bleeding, and respiratory failure.

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