Demam Berdarah Dengue (DBD) adalah penyakit infeksi akut yang
disebabkan oleh virus Dengue, ditransmisikan oleh nyamuk Aedes aegypti, yang dikarakteristikkan oleh demam tinggi mendadak, kecenderungan perdarahan, hepatomegali, dan pada kasus yang berat disertai oleh tanda-tanda kegagalan sirkulasi yang dapat mengakibatkan syok dan kematian. Temuan laboratorium penanda DBD adalah trombositopenia dan adanya hemokonsentrasi. Trombositopenia merupakan salah satu penyebab perdarahan, yang mana pada DBD diduga terjadi akibat peningkatan destruksi trombosit oleh sistem retikuloendotelial, agregasi trombosit akibat endotel vaskuler yang rusak, serta penurunan produksi trombosit oleh sumsum tulang. Berdasarkan manifestasi klinis yang timbul, WHO membagi DBD dalam empat derajat penyakit, yaitu derajat I, II, III, dan IV. Untuk mengetahui hubungan trombositopenia dengan derajat penyakit pada penderita DBD, telah dilakukan penelitian retrospektif terhadap 389 data rekam medik penderita DBD yang dirawat inap di Bagian Penyakit Dalam Rumah Sakit Al Islam Bandung selama periode 1 Juni 2007 sampai 31 Agustus 2007. Hasil yang didapatkan dari penelitian ini adalah sebanyak 341 (87,7%) penderita mengalami trombositopenia, sebanyak 249 (64%) penderita termasuk DBD derajat I, sebanyak 128 (32,9%) penderita termasuk DBD derajat II, sebanyak 12 (3,1%) penderita termasuk DBD derajat III, dan sebanyak 0 (0%) penderita termasuk DBD derajat IV. Terdapat hubungan antara kejadian trombositopenia dengan derajat penyakit DBD secara bermakna dengan nilai p=0,029, dan semakin berat derajat penyakit maka semakin rendah rerata jumlah trombosit.
Kata kunci : trombositopenia, Demam Berdarah Dengue (DBD)
vi ABSTRACT
Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is an acute infection that is caused
by the Dengue virus, transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is characterized by sudden onset high fever, tendency of bleeding, liver enlargement, and in severe cases will be followed by signs of circulatory failure that can result in shock and eventually death. The laboratory findings in DHF are thrombocytopenia and the presence of haemoconcentration. Thrombocytopenia is one of the causes of bleeding, which in DHF is assumed to happen because of the increase of thrombocyte destruction by the reticuloendothelial system, thrombocyte aggregation caused by damaged vascular endothelial, and the decrease of thrombocyte production by the bone marrow. Based on the clinical manifestation that shows, WHO classified DHF into four grades of severity, previously called I, II, III, and IV grades. To find the relationship of thrombocytopenia and the grades of severity of DHF, a retrospective research has been conducted to 389 medical records of DHF victims that were hospitalized in the Internal Department of the Al Islam Hospital of Bandung in the period of June 1st 2007 to August 31st 2007. The result of this study is that there was 341 (87,7%) patients with thrombocytopenia, 249 (64%) patients were classified as grade I DHF, 128 (32,9%) patients were classified as grade II DHF, 12 (3,1%) patients were classified as grade II DHF, and 0 (0%) patient of grade IV DHF. There is a significant correlation between event of thrombocytopenia and the grades of severity of DHF with p value=0,029, and the lower thrombocyte count indicates higher severity of DHF.