Katherine Harris, Dylan Kneale, Toby J Lasserson, Vanessa M McDonald, Jonathan Grigg, James Thomas
School-based self-management interventions for asthma in children and adolescents: a mixed methods systematic review
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews
saudi arabia sa reported first case covid19 2 march 2020 mortality varied nationwide april 14 2020 medina 16 sas total covid19 cases 40 covid19 deaths team epidemiologists investigated identify factors impacting survival reviewed medical records two hospitals hospital medina hospital b dammam patients registered covidrelated death march may 1 2020 included collected data demographics chronic health conditions clinical presentation treatment analyzed data using spss identified 76 cases 38 cases hospital fatalities among nonsaudis hospital 89 versus hospital b 82 p 0001 hypertension prevalence higher among cases hospital b 42 versus hospital 21 p 005 found statistically significant differences p 005 symptoms initial presentation among cases hospital b versus hospital including body temperature 38c vs 37c heart rate 104 bpm vs 89 bpm regular breathing rhythms 61 vs 55 fewer cases 50 hospital received heparin versus hospital b 97 pvalue 0001 patients died typically presented severe illnesses likely underlying health conditions migrant workers may increased risk due poorer baseline health reluctance seek care highlights importance crosscultural outreach prevent deaths health education efforts multilingual accommodate literacy levels