Pattern of referral of noncancer patients to palliative care in the eastern province of saudi arabia.

Aim: The palliative care (PC) needs of patients with noncancer life-threatening illnesses are comparable to that of cancer patients. This report describes the contribution of noncancer patients to the population of PC patients in a tertiary care hospital in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective review of the "palliative care inpatient database" of 21 months.

Clinico-epidemiological features of primary hereditary ichthyoses in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia.

Background: A total of 10 455 new dermatology patients were seen in the dermatology clinics of King Fahad Hospital of the University (KFHU), Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, between January 1990 and December 1995. We identified 71 patients with a histopathologically confirmed diagnosis of specific forms of primary hereditary ichthyoses (PHI). We have reviewed the epidemiological and clinical features of these patients.

Clinico-epidemiological features of congenital nonbullous ichthyosiform erythroderma in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia.

Background: A total of 10 455 new dermatology patients were seen in the dermatology clinics of King Fahd Hospital of the University (KFHU), Al-Khobar, Eastern Saudi Arabia, between January 1990 and December 1995. We identified 21 patients with a histopathologically confirmed diagnosis of congenital nonbullous ichthyosiform erythroderma (CNBIE). We have reviewed the epidemiological and clinical features of these patients.

Primary hereditary ichthyoses in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

Background: Of 10,455 new dermatology patients seen at the Dermatology Clinic of King Fahad Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, between January 1990 and December 1995, the epidemiologic and demographic features of 71 patients, each with a histopathologically confirmed diagnosis of one specific type of primary hereditary ichthyosis (PHI), have been reviewed.

Objective: To study and document the epidemiologic and demographic profiles of patients with PHI in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

Methods: From the outpatient department dermatology logbooks, 71 patients with PHI, from 10,455 new cases with different dermatologic problems seen during the 5-year period, were included in this study.

Epidermolysis bullosa in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia.

Background: Epidermolysis bullosa is recognized to be rare, but its prevalence in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia had not been previously established.

Methods: We reviewed 49,902 dermatology cases seen in our clinic over a 7-year period (1984 through 1990) and carried out a therapeutic trial of oral phenytoin in three severe cases of epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica (Recessive dystrophic type).

Results: Sixteen cases of epidermolysis bullosa were found in this series, ten (62.