Systemic lupus erythematosus in a tertiary, east Malaysian hospital: admission, readmission and death

Abstract Objective: There are limited data on hospitalization of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients in Asian countries. Our aim of this study is to describe the characteristics and poor prognostic factors in our patients. Method: We performed a retrospective study of SLE hospitalization during a 1‐year period (2006) in our centre. Results: There were 125 episodes of hospitalization of 79 patients with SLE. This is the first …