Reasons for Hospitalization of Sickle Cell Disease Patients in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia: A Single-Center Study
| Autor: | Rayan A. Buhalim, Ossama M. Zakaria, Faisal Ali Al Jabr, Abdulaziz M. Al Dehailan, Mohammed N. AlSaeed, Mohammed A. Buhalim, Ibrahim A. Al-Hajji, Yousif A. Al Saleh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
vaso-occlusive crisis
eastern province Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty business.industry hip avascular necrosis General Engineering healthcare utilization acute chest syndrome Hematology Disease Single Center hospital admission sickle cell anemia hospital readmission Emergency Medicine Internal Medicine saudi arabia medicine hospitalizations business |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| DOI: | 10.7759/cureus.19299 |
| Popis: | Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is among the prevalent chronic diseases in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. To our knowledge, there is no published research that reports the reasons for hospitalization in the Eastern Province of the country. Therefore, this study aimed to fill this gap. Design and methods: This is a retrospective cohort study that was conducted in the period from January 2018 to December 2019. Patients with sickle cell disease who were admitted and treated in the hospital were included in this study. Patients’ sociodemographic data and reasons for hospitalization were collected and analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences, version 21 (SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA). Results: There were 103 SCD patients, and the age range was from 18 to 62 years old. The majority of the patients were males (56.3%) and were in the younger age group (≤30 years old; 60.2%). The results showed that the most frequent cause of admission was a vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) (n=94, 91.3%), followed by acute chest syndrome (ACS) (n=32, 31.1%), and then by hemolytic crisis (27 of the cases; 26.2%). However, we found that a higher number of hip avascular necrosis (AVN) cases were statistically significant in relation to the higher number of hospital admissions (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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