Newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus in patients with dengue fever admitted in teaching hospital of Lahore

Aim: to see the occurrence of diabetes mellitus among diagnosed patients of dengue fever. study design: observational study place & duration of study: department of medicine ghurki trust teaching hospital,lahore from 15th oct 2012 to 14th nov 2012. methods: analysis included data of 100 patients. all patients included in the study were suffering from fever,had igm antibody against dengue and platelet count of less than 100. patients having igm antibody negative or platelet count greater than 100 were excluded from the study. all patients were checked for fasting blood glucose levels and those previously diagnosed with diabetes mellitus were also excluded from the study. chi square test was applied and p value < 0.05 was accepted as significant results: a total of 100 patients were included in the study. age of the patients,ranged from 15 years to 85 years with a mean of 34.5±14.5. haemoglobin range was 4.8 to 20.9,mean 14.5±2.27,pcv range was 15 to 53,mean 40.2±4.66. platelets were from 8 to 238,mean 39.75±3.28.67% of patients were normglycemic while 33% had diabetes mellitus. conclusion: there is significant association between dengue fever and diabetes mellitus. it is mainly seen in middle to elderly patients with dengue.