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Causes, timing, and modes of death in a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit

Five years’ experience

Ayman Al-Eyadhy, Mohamad-Hani Temsah, Gamal M. Hasan, Mohammed Almazyad, Ali A. Alhaboob, Majed Alabdulhafid, Fahad Alsohime, Ahmed S. Alzahrani, Abdullah M. Alammari, Faisal S. Abunohaiah, Nawaf F. Alfawzan and Suhail S. Alghamdi
Saudi Medical Journal November 2021, 42 (11) 1186-1194; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.11.20210508
Ayman Al-Eyadhy
From the College of Medicine (Al-Eyadhy, Temsah, Almazyad, Alhaboob, Alabdulhafid, Alsohime, Alzahrani, Alammari, Abunohaiah, Alfawzan, Alghamdi), King Saud University; from the Department of Pediatric (Al-Eyadhy, Temsah, Almazyad, Alhaboob, Alabdulhafid, Alsohime), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Pediatrics (Hasan), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, and from the Department of Pediatrics (Hasan), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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From the College of Medicine (Al-Eyadhy, Temsah, Almazyad, Alhaboob, Alabdulhafid, Alsohime, Alzahrani, Alammari, Abunohaiah, Alfawzan, Alghamdi), King Saud University; from the Department of Pediatric (Al-Eyadhy, Temsah, Almazyad, Alhaboob, Alabdulhafid, Alsohime), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Pediatrics (Hasan), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, and from the Department of Pediatrics (Hasan), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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Gamal M. Hasan
From the College of Medicine (Al-Eyadhy, Temsah, Almazyad, Alhaboob, Alabdulhafid, Alsohime, Alzahrani, Alammari, Abunohaiah, Alfawzan, Alghamdi), King Saud University; from the Department of Pediatric (Al-Eyadhy, Temsah, Almazyad, Alhaboob, Alabdulhafid, Alsohime), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Pediatrics (Hasan), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, and from the Department of Pediatrics (Hasan), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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Mohammed Almazyad
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Ali A. Alhaboob
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Majed Alabdulhafid
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Fahad Alsohime
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Ahmed S. Alzahrani
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Abdullah M. Alammari
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Faisal S. Abunohaiah
From the College of Medicine (Al-Eyadhy, Temsah, Almazyad, Alhaboob, Alabdulhafid, Alsohime, Alzahrani, Alammari, Abunohaiah, Alfawzan, Alghamdi), King Saud University; from the Department of Pediatric (Al-Eyadhy, Temsah, Almazyad, Alhaboob, Alabdulhafid, Alsohime), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Pediatrics (Hasan), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, and from the Department of Pediatrics (Hasan), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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Nawaf F. Alfawzan
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Suhail S. Alghamdi
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vol. 42 no. 11 1186-1194
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.11.20210508
PubMed 
34732550

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1658-3175
History 
  • Received June 27, 2021
  • Accepted September 28, 2021
  • Published online November 3, 2021.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Ayman Al-Eyadhy, MD⇑,
  2. Mohamad-Hani Temsah, MD, FRCPCH,
  3. Gamal M. Hasan, MD,
  4. Mohammed Almazyad, MD,
  5. Ali A. Alhaboob, MD,
  6. Majed Alabdulhafid, MD,
  7. Fahad Alsohime, MD,
  8. Ahmed S. Alzahrani, MBBS,
  9. Abdullah M. Alammari, MBBS,
  10. Faisal S. Abunohaiah, MBBS,
  11. Nawaf F. Alfawzan, MBBS and
  12. Suhail S. Alghamdi, MBBS
  1. From the College of Medicine (Al-Eyadhy, Temsah, Almazyad, Alhaboob, Alabdulhafid, Alsohime, Alzahrani, Alammari, Abunohaiah, Alfawzan, Alghamdi), King Saud University; from the Department of Pediatric (Al-Eyadhy, Temsah, Almazyad, Alhaboob, Alabdulhafid, Alsohime), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Pediatrics (Hasan), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, and from the Department of Pediatrics (Hasan), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Ayman A. Al-Eyadhy, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: aleyadhy{at}ksu.edu.sa ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6051-9125
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