The tourist as patient.
A review is presented of patients, mainly Australians and New Zealanders, who came to Fiji as tourists. One hundred and seven patients were seen in a six-month period in a general practice near Nadi International Airport, and 39 patients were admitted to the medical unit of the nearby Divisional Hospital over a two-year period. Attention is drawn to the need for informed advice to be given to patients about to embark on holidays abroad, and some of the common problems are discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005006:Ethnicity; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D005367:Fiji; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology