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Vivek Kattel
Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
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Research Article
The Outcome of Inpatient Acute Febrile Illness in A Referral Tropical Health Center in Nepal
Author(s): Vivek Kattel*, Yamuna Agrawal, Naveen Kumar Pandey, Semanta Dahal and Basudha Khanal
Introduction: Acute Febrile Illness (AFI) is a common clinical syndrome presenting at tropical health centers. The challenges in resource-limited set up are an undifferentiated clinical manifestation with wide differentials and inadequate laboratory diagnostic support. With this background, we conducted a study to look at the outcome of AFI spectrum presented at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), a referral medical school hospital in eastern Nepal. Objective: To determine the etiological diagnosis and hospital-based outcome of AFI. Methods: It was a prospective observational study of the AFI inpatient cases in the Department of Internal Medicine from 1st January 2013 to 31st December 2013. Considering a 15% prevalence of acute febrile in patients with a 95% confidence interval and 9.. View more»