Volume 24, Issue 106, November - December, 2020

Incidence of Pulmonary thromboembolism and its associated Comorbidities in Ha’il Region, Northern Saudi Arabia

Saleh Hadi Alharbi^♦

Department of Internal Medicine, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Dr. Saleh Hadi Alharbi. Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Email: slamhot@hotmail.com

ABSTRACT

Background: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a major cause of illness in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, the current study aimed to find out the incidence rates of pulmonary thromboembolism and its associated comorbidities in the Ha'il Region, Northern Saudi Arabia. Methodology: In this prospective descriptive study, data referred to 133 patients admitted with suspected pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) were obtained. For risk assessment, patients confirmed as having PTE were further ascertained as cases and those unconfirmed were categorized as controls. Results: PTE was diagnosed in 45/133(33.8%) of the patients. Out of the 45 patients, 26/45(58%) were males and 19/45(42%) were females. The incidence of PE among males was 26/70(37%), and among females was 19/63(30%). The incidence rates of PE among patients with hypertension (HTN), Diabetes Mellitus (DM), Cancer, patients with a history of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Heart Disease (HD), Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), other diseases, and immobilization were 17/55(31%), 18/59(31%), ¼(25%), 4/16(25%), 9/24(38%), 9/22(41%), 13/49(27%), and 11/52(21%), in this order. Conclusion: Pulmonary thromboembolism is prevalent in Northern Saudi Arabia, and more frequent among males. The most common risk factors associated with PTE in this series of patients were obesity/overweight, cardiovascular diseases, CKD, DM, and immobilization.

Keywords: pulmonary embolism, Thromboembolism, DVT, Obesity, Saudi Arabia

Medical Science, 2020, 24(106), 4352-4358

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