Assessing dehydration status in dengue patients using urine colourimetry and mobile phone technology

• Main Authors: Chew, Natalie, Azhar, Abdul Muhaimin Noor, Bustam, Aida, Azanan, Mohamad Shafiq, Wang, Crystal C., Lum, Lucy Chai See
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science 2020
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/36425/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Background Dengue is a systemic and dynamic disease with symptoms ranging from undifferentiated fever to dengue shock syndrome. Assessment of patients' severity of dehydration is integral to appropriate care and management. Urine colour has been shown to have a high correlation with overall ass...