Pattern of medical diseases and determinants of prognosis of hospitalization during 2005 Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj) in a tertiary care hospital. A prospective cohort study

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1373-1380

  Khan, Nasim A ^a,b   Ishag, Adam M ^a   Ahmad, Maha S ^a   El Sayed, Fif M ^a   Bachal, Zakeyah A ^a   Abbas, Tahir G ^a  

^a AL NOOR SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Shah Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADL DISABILITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOSLEM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISLAM; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL;

EID: 33748873030     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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