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Long-stay patients in pediatric intensive care units

Five-years, 2-points, cross-sectional study

Mohamad-Hani A. Temsah, Ayman A. Al-Eyadhy, Fahad M. Al-Sohime, Marwah M. Hassounah, Mohammed A. Almazyad, Gamal M. Hasan, Amr A. Jamal, Ali A. Alhaboob, Majed A. Alabdulhafid, Noura A. Abouammoh, Khalid A. Alhasan, Abdullah A. Alwohaibi, Yousef T. Al Mana and Abdullah T. Alturki
Saudi Medical Journal November 2020, 41 (11) 1187-1196; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.11.25450
Mohamad-Hani A. Temsah
From the College of Medicine (Temsah, Al-Eyadhy, Al-Sohime, Almazyad, Hasan, Alhaboob, Alabdulhafid, Alhasan, Alwohaibi, Al Mana); from the Prince Abdullah Ben Khaled Coeliac Disease Chair, Department of Pediatrics (Temsah), Faculty of Medicine; from the Family and Community Medicine Department (Hassounah, Jamal, Abouammoh), College of Medicine; from the Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation Research Chair (Jamal), King Saud University; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alhasan, Al Mana, Alturki), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Hasan), Assiut Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Ayman A. Al-Eyadhy
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Fahad M. Al-Sohime
From the College of Medicine (Temsah, Al-Eyadhy, Al-Sohime, Almazyad, Hasan, Alhaboob, Alabdulhafid, Alhasan, Alwohaibi, Al Mana); from the Prince Abdullah Ben Khaled Coeliac Disease Chair, Department of Pediatrics (Temsah), Faculty of Medicine; from the Family and Community Medicine Department (Hassounah, Jamal, Abouammoh), College of Medicine; from the Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation Research Chair (Jamal), King Saud University; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alhasan, Al Mana, Alturki), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Hasan), Assiut Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Marwah M. Hassounah
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Mohammed A. Almazyad
From the College of Medicine (Temsah, Al-Eyadhy, Al-Sohime, Almazyad, Hasan, Alhaboob, Alabdulhafid, Alhasan, Alwohaibi, Al Mana); from the Prince Abdullah Ben Khaled Coeliac Disease Chair, Department of Pediatrics (Temsah), Faculty of Medicine; from the Family and Community Medicine Department (Hassounah, Jamal, Abouammoh), College of Medicine; from the Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation Research Chair (Jamal), King Saud University; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alhasan, Al Mana, Alturki), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Hasan), Assiut Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Gamal M. Hasan
From the College of Medicine (Temsah, Al-Eyadhy, Al-Sohime, Almazyad, Hasan, Alhaboob, Alabdulhafid, Alhasan, Alwohaibi, Al Mana); from the Prince Abdullah Ben Khaled Coeliac Disease Chair, Department of Pediatrics (Temsah), Faculty of Medicine; from the Family and Community Medicine Department (Hassounah, Jamal, Abouammoh), College of Medicine; from the Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation Research Chair (Jamal), King Saud University; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alhasan, Al Mana, Alturki), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Hasan), Assiut Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Amr A. Jamal
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Ali A. Alhaboob
From the College of Medicine (Temsah, Al-Eyadhy, Al-Sohime, Almazyad, Hasan, Alhaboob, Alabdulhafid, Alhasan, Alwohaibi, Al Mana); from the Prince Abdullah Ben Khaled Coeliac Disease Chair, Department of Pediatrics (Temsah), Faculty of Medicine; from the Family and Community Medicine Department (Hassounah, Jamal, Abouammoh), College of Medicine; from the Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation Research Chair (Jamal), King Saud University; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alhasan, Al Mana, Alturki), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Hasan), Assiut Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Majed A. Alabdulhafid
From the College of Medicine (Temsah, Al-Eyadhy, Al-Sohime, Almazyad, Hasan, Alhaboob, Alabdulhafid, Alhasan, Alwohaibi, Al Mana); from the Prince Abdullah Ben Khaled Coeliac Disease Chair, Department of Pediatrics (Temsah), Faculty of Medicine; from the Family and Community Medicine Department (Hassounah, Jamal, Abouammoh), College of Medicine; from the Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation Research Chair (Jamal), King Saud University; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alhasan, Al Mana, Alturki), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Hasan), Assiut Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Noura A. Abouammoh
From the College of Medicine (Temsah, Al-Eyadhy, Al-Sohime, Almazyad, Hasan, Alhaboob, Alabdulhafid, Alhasan, Alwohaibi, Al Mana); from the Prince Abdullah Ben Khaled Coeliac Disease Chair, Department of Pediatrics (Temsah), Faculty of Medicine; from the Family and Community Medicine Department (Hassounah, Jamal, Abouammoh), College of Medicine; from the Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation Research Chair (Jamal), King Saud University; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alhasan, Al Mana, Alturki), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Hasan), Assiut Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Khalid A. Alhasan
From the College of Medicine (Temsah, Al-Eyadhy, Al-Sohime, Almazyad, Hasan, Alhaboob, Alabdulhafid, Alhasan, Alwohaibi, Al Mana); from the Prince Abdullah Ben Khaled Coeliac Disease Chair, Department of Pediatrics (Temsah), Faculty of Medicine; from the Family and Community Medicine Department (Hassounah, Jamal, Abouammoh), College of Medicine; from the Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation Research Chair (Jamal), King Saud University; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alhasan, Al Mana, Alturki), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Hasan), Assiut Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Abdullah A. Alwohaibi
From the College of Medicine (Temsah, Al-Eyadhy, Al-Sohime, Almazyad, Hasan, Alhaboob, Alabdulhafid, Alhasan, Alwohaibi, Al Mana); from the Prince Abdullah Ben Khaled Coeliac Disease Chair, Department of Pediatrics (Temsah), Faculty of Medicine; from the Family and Community Medicine Department (Hassounah, Jamal, Abouammoh), College of Medicine; from the Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation Research Chair (Jamal), King Saud University; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alhasan, Al Mana, Alturki), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Hasan), Assiut Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Yousef T. Al Mana
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Abdullah T. Alturki
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Mohamad-Hani A. Temsah, Ayman A. Al-Eyadhy, Fahad M. Al-Sohime, Marwah M. Hassounah, Mohammed A. Almazyad, Gamal M. Hasan, Amr A. Jamal, Ali A. Alhaboob, Majed A. Alabdulhafid, Noura A. Abouammoh, Khalid A. Alhasan, Abdullah A. Alwohaibi, Yousef T. Al Mana, Abdullah T. Alturki
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