The Relationship Between Platelet Count and Severity of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in Pediatric Patients at UKI Cawang Hospital for the period January 2015-December 2015

Abstract

This thesis discusses the connection of platelet number and the severity of dengue hemorrhagic fever in pediatric patients in Cawang UKI Hospital from January 2015 to December 2015. The data were collected from medical records. This research is a retrospective cross-sectional method. Total population of 170 and take a sample of 119 cases. From that, samples obtained from platelet amount decreased with increasing severity of dengue hemorrhagic fever, there is a significant connection between platelet count decreases with severity of dengue hemorrhagic fever with p = 0.000. Keywords: platelets, the severity of dengue hemorrhagic fever