Emergency department attendance patterns during Ramadan
BACKGROUND: Patient attendance in the emergency department (ED) is inherently variable and unpredictable. Resources might be better allocated if use of the ER could be predicted. During the month of fasting (Ramadan), healthy adult Muslims do not eat or drink from dawn to sunset and in the Middle Ea...
Main Authors: | Taimur Butt, Hameed Ullah Khan, Israr Ahmed, Abdelmoneim Eldali |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
2016-07-01
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Series: | Annals of Saudi Medicine |
Online Access: | https://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/full/10.5144/0256-4947.2016.258 |
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