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ArticleSaudi medical journal2022

Survival, mortality, and related comorbidities among COVID-19 patients in Saudi Arabia: A hospital-based retrospective cohort study.

Mohammad A Al-Ghamdi, Rajaa M Al-Raddadi, Iman K Ramadan, Ahmad A Mirza, Hanan A Alsaab, Hani F Alobaidi, Mohammed Y Bin Hayd

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Article in Saudi medical journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mohammad A Al-GhamdiFrom the Department of Preventive Medicine (AL-Ghamdi), Health Surveillance Center, Ministry of Health, Al Medina Al Munawarah; from the Department of Community Medicine (Al-Raddadi, Ramadan, Bin Hayd), Faculty of Medicine; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Records (Alsaab), King Abdullah Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, Jeddah; from the Department of Preventive Dentistry (Alobaidi), Ministry of Health, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Community Medicine (Ramadan), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; and from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Rajaa M Al-RaddadiFrom the Department of Preventive Medicine (AL-Ghamdi), Health Surveillance Center, Ministry of Health, Al Medina Al Munawarah; from the Department of Community Medicine (Al-Raddadi, Ramadan, Bin Hayd), Faculty of Medicine; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Records (Alsaab), King Abdullah Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, Jeddah; from the Department of Preventive Dentistry (Alobaidi), Ministry of Health, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Community Medicine (Ramadan), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; and from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Iman K RamadanFrom the Department of Preventive Medicine (AL-Ghamdi), Health Surveillance Center, Ministry of Health, Al Medina Al Munawarah; from the Department of Community Medicine (Al-Raddadi, Ramadan, Bin Hayd), Faculty of Medicine; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Records (Alsaab), King Abdullah Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, Jeddah; from the Department of Preventive Dentistry (Alobaidi), Ministry of Health, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Community Medicine (Ramadan), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; and from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Ahmad A MirzaFrom the Department of Preventive Medicine (AL-Ghamdi), Health Surveillance Center, Ministry of Health, Al Medina Al Munawarah; from the Department of Community Medicine (Al-Raddadi, Ramadan, Bin Hayd), Faculty of Medicine; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Records (Alsaab), King Abdullah Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, Jeddah; from the Department of Preventive Dentistry (Alobaidi), Ministry of Health, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Community Medicine (Ramadan), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; and from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Hanan A AlsaabFrom the Department of Preventive Medicine (AL-Ghamdi), Health Surveillance Center, Ministry of Health, Al Medina Al Munawarah; from the Department of Community Medicine (Al-Raddadi, Ramadan, Bin Hayd), Faculty of Medicine; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Records (Alsaab), King Abdullah Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, Jeddah; from the Department of Preventive Dentistry (Alobaidi), Ministry of Health, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Community Medicine (Ramadan), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; and from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Hani F AlobaidiFrom the Department of Preventive Medicine (AL-Ghamdi), Health Surveillance Center, Ministry of Health, Al Medina Al Munawarah; from the Department of Community Medicine (Al-Raddadi, Ramadan, Bin Hayd), Faculty of Medicine; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Records (Alsaab), King Abdullah Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, Jeddah; from the Department of Preventive Dentistry (Alobaidi), Ministry of Health, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Community Medicine (Ramadan), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; and from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Mohammed Y Bin HaydFrom the Department of Preventive Medicine (AL-Ghamdi), Health Surveillance Center, Ministry of Health, Al Medina Al Munawarah; from the Department of Community Medicine (Al-Raddadi, Ramadan, Bin Hayd), Faculty of Medicine; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Records (Alsaab), King Abdullah Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, Jeddah; from the Department of Preventive Dentistry (Alobaidi), Ministry of Health, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Community Medicine (Ramadan), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; and from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Al-Azhar University · EGKing Abdulaziz University · SAMinistry of Health · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo assess the survival of COVID-19 patients in Saudi Arabia and to investigate possible mortality predictors.

methodsThis is a retrospective cohort study involving 248 patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 who were admitted to the primary COVID-19 referral hospital in Jeddah between March and June of 2020. Socio-demographic characteristics, comorbidities, laboratory investigations, management protocols, complications, treatment options, and mortality data were extracted from electronic medical records. The time analysis began at the first signs of illness thorough discharge or death.

resultsOur study showed that in-hospital complications including heart failure followed by acute renal failure had the largest effect size on mortality (

conclusionAge, asthma, some in-hospital complications are important survival indicators in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The controllable co-factors should be monitored and managed by healthcare workers to reduce mortality rates in those hospitalized with COVID-19.

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AsthmaCOVID-19AgedHospitalsHumansRetrospective StudiesSaudi ArabiaCOVID-19inpatientsmortalitySARS-CoV-2Saudi Arabia

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PMID35964951
PMCPMC9749672
OpenAlexW4291305239

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