Publications by authors named "Abdulla M Ustadi"
Objective: To describe the clinical manifestations laboratory findings and frequency of complications in adult chickenpox patients admitted in the hospital.
Methods: This was a hospital based descriptive study, conducted at the Infectious Diseases Unit, Rashid Hospital Dubai, UAE, from March 2005 to February 2008. The study was designed to include demographics (age, sex, nationality); clinical information, radiological and biochemical changes observed in each patient and data was entered into the proforma separately.
Objectives: To evaluate the potential role of CSF lactate level in the diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis and in the differentiation between viral and bacterial meningitis.
Methods: This was a hospital based observational study, conducted at Infectious Diseases Unit, Rashid Hospital Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from July 2004 to June 2007. The patients with clinical diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis and who had CSF Gram stain/culture positive, CSF analysis suggestive of bacterial meningitis with negative Gram stain and culture but blood culture positive for bacteria and patients with clinical diagnosis suggestive of viral meningitis supported by CSF chemical analysis with negative Gram stain and culture as well as negative blood culture for bacteria were included in the study.
Healthcare quality and moderators of patient satisfaction: testing for causality.
Int J Health Care Qual Assur
September 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to present a comprehensive structural equation based service quality and patient satisfaction model taking into account the patient's condition before and after discharge. The authors aim to test for causality in a sample of patients from United Arab Emirates public hospitals.
Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected using questionnaires completed by adults discharged (n = 244) from UAE public hospitals.
Unlabelled: To evaluate the frequency and severity of jaundice with hepatic dysfunction in Plasmodium (P.) falciparum malaria in adult patients admitted in the hospital.
Study Design: Descriptive study.
Objective: To investigate the etiology of acute hepatitis in adult patients admitted in a hospital.
Methods: The study included all acute hepatitis patients admitted in the Infectious Diseases Unit of Rashid Hospital Dubai (JCI accredited), UAE, from January 2006 to December 2007. Various viral markers were used to establish the diagnosis of acute hepatitis which included anti HAV IgM, HBsAg, Anti HBc IgM), anti HCV IgG and anti HEV IgM by ELISA.
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to show that, although there has been some research to identify the dimensions on which healthcare quality and in-patient satisfaction should be measured, the confirmation of constructs and indicators that constitute an overall care quality and satisfaction remains unclear. The objective is to present several models of service quality and satisfaction in healthcare for discharged patients; and to test those models in a sample of discharged patients in public hospitals in the United Arab Emirates.
Design/methodology/approach: A detailed in-patient survey (using interviews) was used.