Publications by authors named "Nizar S Alkhlaifat"
Article Synopsis
- - COVID-19 usually shows symptoms like fever, cough, and shortness of breath, but can sometimes present with unusual signs like persistent hiccups and dizziness.
- - The case presented involves a patient whose only symptom was severe hiccups, which led to misdiagnosis and eventually septic shock and death.
- - This situation highlights the importance of recognizing rare COVID-19 symptoms, as they can have serious implications for patient outcomes.
Background: Assessing and improving quality of care should be of paramount importance to health care systems and providers. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of surgical records at the Jordan University Hospital.
Methods: We used the previously validated Surgical Tool for Auditing Records (STAR) to retrospectively evaluate the quality of surgical records of patients who underwent surgery in the general surgery department from 2016 to 2021.