Meteorological factors, air pollutants, and emergency department visits for otitis media: a time series study
| Autor: | Luisella Bardi, Umberto Solimene, Vincenzo Condemi, Massimo Gestro, Claudio Fantino |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Risk Atmospheric Science medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Adolescent Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Nitrogen Dioxide Air pollution Context (language use) 010501 environmental sciences medicine.disease_cause 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Ozone Environmental health Epidemiology medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Risk factor Child Respiratory Tract Infections Weather 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Pollutant Air Pollutants Ecology business.industry Infant Newborn Infant Retrospective cohort study Emergency department Otitis Media Otitis Italy Child Preschool Female Particulate Matter medicine.symptom business Emergency Service Hospital |
| Zdroj: | International journal of biometeorology. 61(10) |
| ISSN: | 1432-1254 |
| Popis: | Otitis media (OM) is a very common disease in children, which results in a significant economic burden to the healthcare system for hospital-based outpatient departments, emergency departments (EDs), unscheduled medical examinations, and antibiotic prescriptions. The aim of this retrospective observational study is to investigate the association between climate variables, air pollutants, and OM visits observed in the 2007–2010 period at the ED of Cuneo, Italy. Measures of meteorological parameters (temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind) and outdoor air pollutants (particulate matter, ozone, nitrous dioxide) were analyzed at two statistical stages and in several specific steps (crude and adjusted models) according to Poisson’s regression. Response variables included daily examinations for age groups 0–3, 0–6, and 0–18. Control variables included upper respiratory infections (URI), flu (FLU), and several calendar factors. A statistical procedure was implemented to capture any delayed effects. Results show a moderate association for temperature (T), age 0–3, and 0–6 with P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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