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The document discusses the tourniquet test, which is used to help diagnose dengue fever. The tourniquet test involves inflating a blood pressure cuff to maintain pressure between the systolic and diastolic blood pressures for 5 minutes. After reducing pressure and waiting 2 more minutes, petechiae below the antecubital fossa are counted. A positive result is 10 or more petechiae per square inch. The test has variable sensitivity and specificity, but is more likely to be positive near the time of fever decli
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- Ardhi
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