Emergency department asthma diagnosis risk associated with the 2012 heat wave and drought in Douglas County NE, USA
| Autor: | Larry W. Figgs |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Hot Temperature Adolescent 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Risk Assessment 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans Child Asthma Retrospective Studies business.industry Public health Incidence Nebraska Emergency department Heat wave medicine.disease Calendar period ED diagnosis Droughts Hospitalization Risk Estimate 030228 respiratory system Case-Control Studies Observational study Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Emergency Service Hospital Demography |
| Zdroj: | Heartlung : the journal of critical care. 48(3) |
| ISSN: | 1527-3288 |
| Popis: | Global climate change concerns are forcing local public health agencies to assess potential disease risk.Determine if risk of an emergency department asthma diagnosis in Douglas County, NE, was higher during the 2012 heatwave compared to 2011.Retrospective, observational, case-control design selecting subjects from 2011 and 2012 emergency department (ED) admissions. Risk was estimated by conditional logistic regression.The asthma ED risk estimate was 1.23 (95%CI = 0.96-1.57) times higher in 2012 than 2011, for the same calendar period. Asthma ED diagnosis risk was 3.37 (95%CI = 2.27-4.17) times higher among subjects19years old compared to older subjects, and 3.25 (95%CI = 2.63-4.02) times higher among African-Americans than non-African-Americans, adjusted for heatwave exposure. Absolute humidity appears inversely related to asthma diagnosis risk ( χ2 = 16.6; p 0.001).Asthma ED diagnosis risk was not significantly higher in 2012 compared to 2011. Risk was elevated among subjects less than 19years old, and among African Americans; adjusted for heatwave exposure. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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