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Prevalence of emergency cases among pilgrims presenting at King Abdulaziz International Airport Health Care Center at Hajj Terminal, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia during Hajj Season, 1440 H – 2019

Khaled Masoud Alrufaidi, Randa M. Nouh, Atheer Abdulaziz Alkhalaf, Nawaf Mufarreh AlGhamdi, Haitham Z. Alshehri, Ahmad Mohammad Alotaibi, Ahmed Obaid Almashaykhi, Osama Mohammed AlGhamdi, Hashim Mohammed Makhrashi, Saeed Abdulaziz AlGhamdi,

Dialogues in Health · 2023 · 14 citations · 19 references

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Our study emphasizes that emergency cases presented at KAIA-HC were few. Cardiovascular diseases represented the main reason for emergency cases, followed by respiratory diseases. 51% of patients were discharged without the need for a higher level of medical care.

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