Characterizing Hospital Admissions to a Tertiary Care Hospital After Typhoon Haiyan

Chang, Mary P.; Simkin, Daren J.; Lara, Maria Lourdes De; Kirsch, Thomas D.

doi:10.1017/dmp.2015.165

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“…Global temperatures have risen through the past decades due to greenhouse gas emissions, and we have also seen a rise in a number of extreme meteorological events such as tropical super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. 3 Warmer temperatures and altered rainfall patterns are anticipated to promote outbreaks of infectious diseases due to more hospitable environments for pathogens and lack of ready access to health care. 4 Prevalence and mortality from pneumonia in children are the highest during rainy months in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa, which again highlights the pattern of pneumonia against climate.…”

Section: Climate Changementioning

confidence: 99%

“…9 Examples of such diseases are influenza and leptospirosis. 9 A tertiary hospital reported an increase in patient admissions for pneumonia and tuberculosis (TB) in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan especially in the impact and post-impact phases, 3 and the entity 'tsunami lung' 10 has been described in victims who have pneumonia following a near-drowning episode after surviving a tsunami event. Victims described by Inoue et al 10 were rescued immediately after the tsunami and were in respiratory distress.…”

Section: Natural Disasters and Pneumoniamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Pneumonia in the tropics

Lim

Siow

2017

Respirology

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Pneumonia in the tropics poses a heavy disease burden. The complex interplay of climate change, human migration influences and socio-economic factors lead to changing patterns of respiratory infections in tropical climate but also increasingly in temperate countries. Tropical and poorer countries, especially South East Asia, also bear the brunt of the global tuberculosis (TB) pandemic, accounting for almost one-third of the burden. But, as human migration patterns evolve, we expect to see more TB cases in higher income as well as temperate countries, and rise in infections like scrub typhus from ecotourism activities. Fuelled by the ease of air travel, novel zoonotic infections originating from the tropics have led to global respiratory pandemics. As such, clinicians worldwide should be aware of these new conditions as well as classical tropical bacterial pneumonias such as melioidosis. Rarer entities such as co-infections of leptospirosis and chikungunya or dengue will need careful consideration as well. In this review, we highlight aetiologies of pneumonia seen more commonly in the tropics compared with temperate regions, their disease burden, variable clinical presentations as well as impact on healthcare delivery.

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Section: Climate Changementioning

confidence: 99%

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Pneumonia in the tropics

Lim

Siow

2017

Respirology

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“…19 These findings are consistent with the patient demographic and epidemiology seen by our team during both Typhoon Bopha and Typhoon Haiyan as well as those within other reports. [20][21][22] Given the large percentage of pediatric patients seen in this study and in our team's experiences, the need for specific pediatric preparedness is reinforced.…”

Section: Disaster Management For the Pediatric Population Injury Pattmentioning

confidence: 90%

Pediatric Emergency Care in Disaster-Affected Areas: A Firsthand Perspective after Typhoons Bopha and Haiyan in the Philippines

Shilkofski

Agueh

Fonseka

et al. 2016

J Pediatr Intensive Care

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Disasters are defined as man-made or natural causes that disrupt a population and cause widespread human, material, economic, or environmental losses, exceeding that population's capacity to cope using its own resources. This review highlights the epidemiology and disease patterns in disasters, with specific application to the care of children in the austere environments created in the aftermath of disasters. The review also attempts to describe the experience from a firsthand field hospital perspective of a multinational team in caring for patients in the aftermath of two natural disasters in the Philippines, during both Typhoon Bopha and Typhoon Haiyan. In doing so, we will place these experiences in the context of the current literature on the subject of pediatric management during disaster emergencies and describe lessons learned to refine team approaches and patient care methodologies. The review also discusses methods for improvement in emergency preparedness for disasters, with specific mention of the roles of telemedicine and just-in-time simulation training, when feasible. Lastly, it will review the importance of community and military collaboration and planning for aftercare post-departure of foreign medical teams.

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“…The influence of typhoon disasters permeated through all aspects of people’s activities who live in the typhoon landing regions. Typhoons do not merely destroy infrastructures and facilities, but also cause serious threats to people’s health and life [6]. In addition to immediate injuries and deaths caused by the disaster, typhoon severely influences public health [7,8].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perception, Knowledge and Behaviors Related to Typhoon: A Cross Sectional Study among Rural Residents in Zhejiang, China

Zhang

Wei

Lin

et al. 2017

IJERPH

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(1) The objective of this study was to assess the risk perceptions, attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors related to typhoon among rural residents in Zhejiang province of China. A cross-sectional study was conducted among rural residents in Zhejiang province, China. Information was collected from 659 participants using a structured questionnaire. Univariate analysis and multivariable analysis were used to analyze the data. Participants were most concerned about property damage, followed by their health and life. Television, short message service (SMS), relatives and friends were the most common information sources. Most people had not been educated with disaster prevention measures. The complementary log–log (CLL) model showed that understanding typhoon warning signal, preparation time, risk perception of health damage and life threat, and fears of typhoon were independent predictors of adoption of coping behaviors. We found that: 1. Residents’ risk perception of health and life threat caused by typhoon is inadequate; 2. There is a gap between residents’ cognition or knowledge and behavior in rural areas; 3. The government should further make strategies to develop educational activities, in order to eliminate the gap and improve the ability of preparing for typhoon among rural residents.

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Characterizing Hospital Admissions to a Tertiary Care Hospital After Typhoon Haiyan

Abstract: Overall, several public health measures can prevent the increase in illnesses seen after a disaster. To prepare for the nonfatal burden of disease after a typhoon, health care facilities should increase their resources to accommodate the surge in patient volume.

Cited by 13 publications

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Pneumonia in the tropics

Pneumonia in the tropics

Pediatric Emergency Care in Disaster-Affected Areas: A Firsthand Perspective after Typhoons Bopha and Haiyan in the Philippines

Perception, Knowledge and Behaviors Related to Typhoon: A Cross Sectional Study among Rural Residents in Zhejiang, China

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