Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension among Saudi Adult Population: A National Survey

Autor: Abdalla A. Saeed, Nasser A. Al-Hamdan, Ahmed A. Bahnassy, Abdelshakour M. Abdalla, Mostafa A. F. Abbas, Lamiaa Z. Abuzaid

Publikováno v: International Journal of Hypertension, Vol 2011 (2011)

This cross-sectional study aimed at estimating prevalence, awareness, treatment, control, and predictors of hypertension among Saudi adult population. Multistage stratified sampling was used to select 4758 adult participants. Three blood pressure mea

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Plague from Eating Raw Camel Liver

Autor: Abdulaziz A. Bin Saeed, Nasser A. Al-Hamdan, Robert E. Fontaine

Publikováno v: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 9, Pp 1456-1457 (2005)

We investigated a cluster of 5 plague cases; the patients included 4 with severe pharyngitis and submandibular lymphadenitis. These 4 case-patients had eaten raw camel liver. Yersinia pestis was isolated from bone marrow of the camel and from jirds (

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Isolated Diastolic Hypertension among Adults in Saudi Arabia: Prevalence, Risk Factors, Predictors and Treatment. Results of a National Survey

Autor: Abdalla Abdelwahid Saeed, Nasser Abdulrahman Al Hamdan

Publikováno v: Balkan Medical Journal, Vol 33, Iss 1, Pp 52-57 (2016)

Background: In the past, diastolic hypertension was the main criterion for treatment, but currently, systolic pressure is the main criterion because it was thought that Isolated Diastolic Hypertension (IDH) is not associated with complications. Studi

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The Risk of Nosocomial Transmission of Rift Valley Fever.

Autor: Nasser A Al-Hamdan, Anil A Panackal, Tami H Al Bassam, Abdullah Alrabea, Mohammed Al Hazmi, Yagoub Al Mazroa, Mohammed Al Jefri, Ali S Khan, Thomas G Ksiazek

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 9, Iss 12, p e0004314 (2015)

In 2000, we investigated the Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreak on the Arabian Peninsula-the first outside Africa-and the risk of nosocomial transmission. In a cross-sectional design, during the peak of the epidemic at its epicenter, we found four (0.6

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Anthropometric risk factors and predictors of hypertension among Saudi adult population – A national survey

Autor: Nasser A. Al-Hamdan, Abdalla A. Saeed

Publikováno v: Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, Vol 3, Iss 4, Pp 197-204 (2013)
Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, Vol 3, Iss 4 (2019)
Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health

This cross-sectional study aimed at determining the anthropometric predictors of hypertension among adults in Saudi Arabia. Multi-stage stratified sampling was used to select 4758 adult participants. The average of three blood pressure measurements u

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