Pattern of childhood dermatoses at a teaching hospital of saudi arabia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the pattern of childhood dermatoses in Eastern province of Saudi Arabia (SA), in the setting of a university-affiliated hospital, and to compare this with other similar surveys conducted in SA.

Methods

This is a retrospective study of pediatric patients attending the outpatient dermatology clinic and dermatology emergency room at King Fahad Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, SA, over a period of 24 months from January 2004 to January 2006. All new pediatric patients less than 13 years of age were included. The patient's age, sex, nationality and diagnosis were extracted from the medical records and analyzed. Then our data were compared with previous hospital based surveys conducted in SA.

Results

During the study period, a total of 11365 new

SUBMITTER: Ben Saif GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3068736 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature