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Table 4 Proportion of patients without circulatory failure and classified as DF according to WHO criteria, that is reclassified to DHF when the various modified classification systems are applied.*

From: Dengue disease severity in Indonesian children: an evaluation of the World Health Organization classification system

Criteria used for the classification of DHF patients

Number of DF patients without circulatory failure reclassified to DHF

Proportion (95% CI)

Bleeding and thrombocytopenia

5

45 (17–77)

Bleeding and haemoconcentration

1

9 (0–41)

Haemoconcentration and Thrombocytopenia

2

18 (2–52)

Bleeding and thrombocytopenia or haemoconcentration

6

55 (23–83)

Thrombocytopenia and haemoconcentration or bleeding

7

64 (31–89)

Haemoconcentration and Bleeding or thrombocytopenia

3

27 (6–61)

  1. * DF, denotes dengue fever; DHF, denotes dengue haemorrhagic fever; WHO, denotes World Health Organization.