Publications by authors named "Thi Thanh Huynh Tran"
Trop Med Int Health
February 2002
Article Synopsis
- The study evaluates the effectiveness of the tourniquet test in diagnosing dengue haemorrhagic fever, comparing a standard sphygmomanometer method to a simpler elastic cuff version.
- The standard method showed higher sensitivity and specificity, but both techniques had similar limitations in differentiating between dengue fever and dengue haemorrhagic fever.
- The authors conclude that while the conventional tourniquet test is of limited utility in diagnosing dengue, the elastic version could be beneficial in rural areas, though a negative result does not rule out the infection.
