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

• Main Authors: Natalie Chew (Author), Abdul Muhaimin Noor Azhar (Author), Aida Bustam (Author), Mohamad Shafiq Azanan (Author), Crystal Wang (Author), Lucy C S Lum (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>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 correlat...