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==Natural History, Complications and Prognosis== | ==Natural History, Complications and Prognosis== | ||
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* [[Shock]] | * [[Shock]] | ||
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Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
Complications
The possible complications are:
- Coma
- Death
- Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
- Kidney failure
- Liver failure
- Parotitis
- Secondary bacterial infections
- Shock
Prognosis
Historical reports have claimed a mortality rate of between 1 in 17 (5.8%) and 1 in 3 (33%).[1] The WHO factsheet on yellow fever, updated in 2001, states that 15% of patients enter a "toxic phase" and that half of that number die within ten to fourteen days, with the other half recovering.[2]
References
- ↑ Mauer HB. "Mosquito control ends fatal plague of Yellow Fever". etext.lib.virginia.edu. Retrieved 2007-06-11. Unknown parameter
|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) (undated newspaper clipping) - ↑ "WHO Yellow Fever Fact Sheet". Retrieved 2007-02-22.