Hospital Admission Due to Nephrological Conditions During Hajj Causes, Healthcare Use, and Short-term Outcomes

In this retrospective study, records of Iranian Hajj pilgrims whowere hospitalized in 2 Iranian hospitals in Mecca and Medina, SaudiArabia, from 2005 to 2007, were reviewed. Of 600 patients whowere hospitalized, 12 (2.0%) were admitted due to nephrologicalcauses, which included kidney calculi (n = 7; 58.4%), acute kidneyfailure (n = 2; 16.7%), urinary tract infection (n = 1; 8.3%), urinarytract infection and urinary calculus (n = 1; 8.3%), and renalmalignancy (n = 1; 8.3%). None of the patients needed referral toother healthcare centers, and all of them were discharged with goodcondition. Length of hospital stay was 1 to 4 days. There was noassociation between hospitalization due to nephrological causesand sociodemographic data, healthcare use, and outcome. Thisinpatient epidemiological study showed 2% of total admissionswere related to nephrological conditions in Iranian Hajj pilgrims,most commonly due to easily treated conditions.