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Survival, mortality, and related comorbidities among COVID-19 patients in Saudi Arabia

A hospital-based retrospective cohort study

Mohammad A. AL-Ghamdi, Rajaa M. Al-Raddadi, Iman K. Ramadan, Ahmad A. Mirza, Hanan A. Alsaab, Hani F. Alobaidi and Mohammed Y. Bin Hayd
Saudi Medical Journal August 2022, 43 (8) 915-926; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.8.20220182
Mohammad A. AL-Ghamdi
From the Department of Preventive Medicine (AL-Ghamdi), Health Surveillance Center, Ministry of Health, Al Medina Al Munawarah; from the Department of Community Medicine (Al-Raddadi, Ramadan, Bin Hayd), Faculty of Medicine; from the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Records (Alsaab), King Abdullah Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, Jeddah; from the Department of Preventive Dentistry (Alobaidi), Ministry of Health, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Community Medicine (Ramadan), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; and from the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
MBBS, MPH
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Rajaa M. Al-Raddadi
From the Department of Preventive Medicine (AL-Ghamdi), Health Surveillance Center, Ministry of Health, Al Medina Al Munawarah; from the Department of Community Medicine (Al-Raddadi, Ramadan, Bin Hayd), Faculty of Medicine; from the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Records (Alsaab), King Abdullah Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, Jeddah; from the Department of Preventive Dentistry (Alobaidi), Ministry of Health, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Community Medicine (Ramadan), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; and from the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
MBBS, ABCM
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Iman K. Ramadan
From the Department of Preventive Medicine (AL-Ghamdi), Health Surveillance Center, Ministry of Health, Al Medina Al Munawarah; from the Department of Community Medicine (Al-Raddadi, Ramadan, Bin Hayd), Faculty of Medicine; from the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Records (Alsaab), King Abdullah Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, Jeddah; from the Department of Preventive Dentistry (Alobaidi), Ministry of Health, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Community Medicine (Ramadan), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; and from the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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Ahmad A. Mirza
From the Department of Preventive Medicine (AL-Ghamdi), Health Surveillance Center, Ministry of Health, Al Medina Al Munawarah; from the Department of Community Medicine (Al-Raddadi, Ramadan, Bin Hayd), Faculty of Medicine; from the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Records (Alsaab), King Abdullah Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, Jeddah; from the Department of Preventive Dentistry (Alobaidi), Ministry of Health, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Community Medicine (Ramadan), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; and from the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
MBBS, MSc
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  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Hanan A. Alsaab
From the Department of Preventive Medicine (AL-Ghamdi), Health Surveillance Center, Ministry of Health, Al Medina Al Munawarah; from the Department of Community Medicine (Al-Raddadi, Ramadan, Bin Hayd), Faculty of Medicine; from the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Records (Alsaab), King Abdullah Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, Jeddah; from the Department of Preventive Dentistry (Alobaidi), Ministry of Health, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Community Medicine (Ramadan), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; and from the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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Hani F. Alobaidi
From the Department of Preventive Medicine (AL-Ghamdi), Health Surveillance Center, Ministry of Health, Al Medina Al Munawarah; from the Department of Community Medicine (Al-Raddadi, Ramadan, Bin Hayd), Faculty of Medicine; from the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Records (Alsaab), King Abdullah Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, Jeddah; from the Department of Preventive Dentistry (Alobaidi), Ministry of Health, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Community Medicine (Ramadan), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; and from the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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Mohammed Y. Bin Hayd
From the Department of Preventive Medicine (AL-Ghamdi), Health Surveillance Center, Ministry of Health, Al Medina Al Munawarah; from the Department of Community Medicine (Al-Raddadi, Ramadan, Bin Hayd), Faculty of Medicine; from the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Records (Alsaab), King Abdullah Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, Jeddah; from the Department of Preventive Dentistry (Alobaidi), Ministry of Health, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Community Medicine (Ramadan), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; and from the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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vol. 43 no. 8 915-926
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.8.20220182
PubMed 
35964951

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Saudi Medical Journal
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1658-3175
History 
  • Received March 1, 2022
  • Accepted July 21, 2022
  • Published online August 13, 2022.

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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. Mohammad A. AL-Ghamdi, MBBS, MPH,
  2. Rajaa M. Al-Raddadi, MBBS, ABCM,
  3. Iman K. Ramadan, MPH, PhD,
  4. Ahmad A. Mirza, MBBS, MSc⇑,
  5. Hanan A. Alsaab, HSAE,
  6. Hani F. Alobaidi, BDS, MPH and
  7. Mohammed Y. Bin Hayd, BHSc, MPH
  1. From the Department of Preventive Medicine (AL-Ghamdi), Health Surveillance Center, Ministry of Health, Al Medina Al Munawarah; from the Department of Community Medicine (Al-Raddadi, Ramadan, Bin Hayd), Faculty of Medicine; from the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Records (Alsaab), King Abdullah Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, Jeddah; from the Department of Preventive Dentistry (Alobaidi), Ministry of Health, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Community Medicine (Ramadan), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; and from the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (Mirza), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Ahmad A. Mirza, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: aamirza1{at}kau.edu.sa ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6035-9566
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