Amal Albalawi

Department of Family Medicine, King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Publications

• Research   
  Presenting Symptoms, Vaccination Status and Association Comorbidities in Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in King Salman Army Forces Hospital North West Region, Tabuk City KSA
  Author(s): Sarah Almutairi, Tariq Shaqra, Khalil Abujamilah, Abdullah Alhaje, Huda Alturabi, Maiada Mohamed, Tahani Khalil, Fatma Faraj, Amal Albalawi and Maha Alujeyli
  
  Background: Most commonly reported symptoms for COVID-19 patients are anosmia, dysgeusia, cough, myalgias, and headache, with no specific clinical features that can reliably distinguish COVID-19 from other respiratory infections. Objectives: To describe the most frequent presenting symptoms of COVID-19, guide case suspicion, based on clinical manifestations, and characterize case severity. Patients and Methods: This was a retrospective descriptive hospital-based research design conducted at the Armed Forces Hospitals, Northwestern Region, in Tabuk City, Saudi Arabia among all adult patients aged ≥ 18 years who were admitted as confirmed cases of COVID-19. A data collection sheet was utilized including patients’ demographic data, presenting symptom(s) and their severity, vaccination status, and a history of recent contact with any confirmed case. Results: A total of 300 patien.. Read More»
  

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