Al Shimemeri Abdullah
Intensive Care Department, College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Saudi Heart Assoc. 2012 Apr;24(2):123-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jsha.2012.02.004. Epub 2012 Feb 16.
The changing pattern of hospital admissions during Hajj, the Muslims yearly pilgrimage attracting millions of pilgrims from all around the globe, has gradually seen infectious causes of hospital admission replaced by cardiovascular diseases as a leading cause of both intensive care unit admission and death. While this trend is partly associated with the high quality of medical services and awareness programs targeted at reducing the spread of infections, at the same time it underscores an urgent need to establish a pragmatic system to manage the challenge of cardiovascular morbidities and mortality during Hajj.
A PubMed Central (PMC) literature search without date restrictions was performed for articles reporting on the medical experience during Hajj. There were 109 articles were returned using "Hajj" and "mortality" as search terms. After determining relevance to the current theme based on both direct and indirect reference to the pattern hospital admission during Hajj, 20 articles reporting on conducted studies were obtained. Data from these studies reporting on the pattern and outcome of hospitalization during Hajj were examined and helped in arriving at the conclusions presented in this review.
在朝觐期间，医院收治情况的模式发生了变化。朝觐是穆斯林一年一度的朝圣活动，吸引了来自全球数百万的朝圣者。医院收治的主要原因已逐渐从感染性病因转变为心血管疾病，成为重症监护病房收治和死亡的首要原因。虽然这一趋势部分与高质量的医疗服务以及旨在减少感染传播的宣传项目有关，但同时也凸显了迫切需要建立一个务实的系统，以应对朝觐期间心血管疾病发病和死亡的挑战。
在PubMed Central（PMC）数据库中进行了无日期限制的文献检索，以查找关于朝觐期间医疗经历的文章。使用“朝觐”和“死亡率”作为检索词，共检索到109篇文章。在根据对朝觐期间医院收治模式的直接和间接提及确定与当前主题的相关性后，获得了20篇报道所开展研究的文章。对这些研究中关于朝觐期间住院模式和结果的数据进行了审查，并有助于得出本综述中的结论。
