Influence of air pressure, humidity, solar radiation, temperature, and wind speed on ambulatory visits due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Bavaria, Germany

Ferrari, Uta; Exner, Teresa; Wanka, Eva R.; Bergemann, Christoph; Meyer-Arnek, Julian; Hildenbrand, Beate; Tufman, Amanda; Heumann, Christian; Huber, Rudolf M.; Bittner, Michael; Fischer, Rainald

doi:10.1007/s00484-011-0405-x

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“…It could be due to the increased prevalence of viral RTI circulating in cold conditions. In addition, other meteorological conditions such as high atmospheric pressure and low humidity can directly induce asthma and COPD [15][16][17] . Primary pollutants (e.g., nitrogen dioxide, NO 2 ) are released directly into the atmosphere, whereas secondary pollutants (e.g., ozone, O 3 ) result from chemical reactions among them.…”

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Correlation Between Occurrence and Deterioration of Respiratory Diseases and Air Pollution Within the Legally Permissible Limits

Trnjar

Pintarić²,

Jelavić³

et al. 2017

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SUMMARY -Th e aim of the study was to investigate the unknown eff ect of air pollutants on the occurrence or deterioration of respiratory diseases in the area with a humid continental climate. Th is retrospective study included 5868 patients with respiratory symptomatology (upper respiratory tract infection (URTI), pneumonia, acute bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and asthma) admitted to emergency department (ED). Th e number of patients, values of meteorological parameters (mean daily values of air temperature pressure and relative humidity) and concentrations of air pollution particles (≤10 μm (PM 10 ), ozone (O 3 ) and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 )) were collected during a two-year ( July 2008 -June 2010) period. Th ere were 1839 (31.3%), 1712 (29.2%), 1313 (22.4%), 614 (10.5%) and 390 (6.6%) patients with pneumonia, COPD, URTI, acute bronchitis and asthma, respectively. Th e mean daily concentrations of NO 2 (25.9 (1.7-89.7) μg/m 3 ) , O 3 (47.1 (4.7-135.4) μg/ m 3 ) and PM 10 particles (25.7 (4.6-146.6) μg/m 3 ) were below the legally defi ned thresholds. Among other results, the occurrence of respiratory diseases showed positive Spearman's correlation with the values of air humidity (days 0-3, r=0.15 to 0.19), PM 10 (days 0-3, r=0.10 to 0.13) and NO 2 concentrations (day 0, r=0.11), and negative correlation with the values of air temperature (days 0-3, r=-0.36 to -0.34), pressure (day 0, r=-0.10) and O 3 concentrations (days 0-3, r=-0.21 to -0.22) (p<0.05 all). In conclusion, the occurrence of respiratory diseases showed correlation with weather conditions and air pollutants despite the legally permitted values in the region with a humid continental climate.

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Correlation Between Occurrence and Deterioration of Respiratory Diseases and Air Pollution Within the Legally Permissible Limits

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“…Given an expected rise in global mean temperature of 30 0 C by 2071-2100, extra deaths of 86,000 are projected every year, (Menne et al, 2008). Other climate factors are found to be affecting various disease categories, including rainfall with Diarrhoea (Hashizume et al, 2007); humidity with heart disease (Schwartz et al, 2004) and influenza (Barreca and Shimshack, 2012); COPD with wind speed (Ferrari et al, 2012). Air pollution also plays as a triggering factor in the detrimental role of climate fluctuations (Carson et al, 2006;World Health Organisation (WHO), 2006).…”

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Towards a threshold climate for emergency lower respiratory hospital admissions

Islam

Chaussalet

Koizumi

2017

Environmental Research

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Identification of 'cut-points' or thresholds of climate factors would play a crucial role in alerting risks of climate change and providing guidance to policymakers. This study investigated 2 a 'Climate Threshold' for emergency hospital admissions of chronic lower respiratory diseases by using a distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM). We analysed a unique longitudinal dataset relative humidity (≤ 40%), high Pm10 level (≥70-µg/m 3 ), low wind speed (≤ 2 knots) and high rainfall (≥30mm). Beyond the threshold values, a significantly higher number of emergency admissions due to lower respiratory problems would be expected within the following 2-3 days after the climate shift in the Greater London. The approach will be useful to initiate 'region and disease specific' climate mitigation plans. It will help identify spatial hot spots and the most sensitive areas and population due to climate change, and will eventually lead towards a diversified health warning system tailored to specific climate zones and populations.

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“…19 A number of studies investigated the effects of wind speed on diseases. 20,21 Therefore, the impact of meteorological factors on health needs further evaluation.…”

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Climatic Effect on Rheumatoid Arthritis

Işık¹,

Khan²,

Avşar³

et al. 2013

Turkiye Klinikleri J Med Sci

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A AB BS ST TR RA AC CT T OOb bj je ec ct ti iv ve e: : We aimed to investigate the relationship between climatic changes and hospital admissions that are registered as rheumatoid arthritis according to ICD-10 coding registry at the Atatürk University Hospital, located in Erzurum city center. M Ma at te er ri ia al l a an nd d M Me et th ho od ds s: : The study included 3 033 193 patients presenting to the Atatürk University Hospital outpatient clinics, including emergency admissions between January 2008 and December 2011. Data from 2 151 952 cases (70.9% of total applications) aged between 18-105 years were included in the study. A total of 29 966 patients who were registered as RA (ICD 10 code M06) or seropositive RA (ICD 10 code M05), according the ICD-10 coding registry system, were selected. Statistical analyses were run to find out a possible relationship between daily number of hospital admissions due to RA or seropositive RA and studied climatic parameters. R Re es su ul lt ts s: : The mean age was 47.06±16.3 years. Yearly mean relative humidity and mean atmospheric pressure was 68.1±13.96 %, and 822.73±5.97 hPa respectively. Yearly median temperature, precipitation, and wind speed was 5.88 (-27.9-24.9; 6.9)°C, 3.90 (0.1-28.0; 1.0) kg/m 2 , and 3.73 (0.3-12.5; 2.7) m/sec, respectively. Pearson's correlation analysis showed a significant but weak positive correlation between the number of admissions and precipitation, as well as wind speed, and a weak negative correlation with atmospheric pressure (r and p; 0.161 and <0.001; 0.122 and 0.011; -0.065 and 0.040, respectively). There was no correlation between the number of RA patients and temperature, relative humidity, and wind directions (p>0.05). In linear regression analysis, wind speed was a significant independent variable affecting the daily number of admissions of RA patients (p<0.001). C Co on nc cl lu us si io on n: : The relationship between meteorological variables and daily admissions to hospital outpatient clinics due to RA is weak. Ya zış ma Ad re si/Cor res pon den ce:

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Influence of air pressure, humidity, solar radiation, temperature, and wind speed on ambulatory visits due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Bavaria, Germany

Cited by 67 publications

References 24 publications

Correlation Between Occurrence and Deterioration of Respiratory Diseases and Air Pollution Within the Legally Permissible Limits

Correlation Between Occurrence and Deterioration of Respiratory Diseases and Air Pollution Within the Legally Permissible Limits

Towards a threshold climate for emergency lower respiratory hospital admissions

Climatic Effect on Rheumatoid Arthritis

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