Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika or Yellow Fever: Signs That May Prompt Admission (WHO 2025)
Lists WHO 2025 signs that might prompt hospitalizing a dengue patient.
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Example
- Disease
- Dengue
- Abdominal pain, continuous or intense
- Yes
- Irritability, drowsiness or lethargy
- No
- Mucosal bleeding
- No
- Liver more than 2 cm below the ribs
- No
- Persistent vomiting
- No
- Hematocrit rising on 2 measurements in a row
- No
- Severe dengue
- No
- Unable to tolerate oral fluids
- No
- Difficulty breathing
- No
The other 7 values
- Narrowing pulse pressure
- No
- Low blood pressure
- No
- Acute kidney failure
- No
- Prolonged capillary refill
- No
- Pregnancy
- No
- Coagulopathy
- No
- Weight in kg
- 20
Result: Signs that might encourage hospitalization are present: abdominal pain, continuous or intense.
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What you enter
- Disease
- Abdominal pain, continuous or intense
- Irritability, drowsiness or lethargy
- Mucosal bleeding
- Liver more than 2 cm below the ribs
- Persistent vomiting (3 in 1 hour or 4 in 6 hours)
- Hematocrit rising on 2 measurements in a row
- Severe dengue (WHO 2009)
- Unable to tolerate oral fluids
- Difficulty breathing
The other 8 fields
- Narrowing pulse pressure
- Low blood pressure
- Acute kidney failure
- Prolonged capillary refill
- Pregnancy
- Coagulopathy
- Extreme of age or a high-risk condition
- Weight in kg (for the acetaminophen dose)
How this is calculated
Citation
WHO guidelines for clinical management of arboviral diseases: dengue, chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever. Geneva: WHO; July 2025. Section 2.7 (pp. 13-14), recommendations and Table 4-2. Read the source ↗
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