Relationship between lunar cycle and haemorrhagic complication rate in surgery

Raposio, Edoardo; Caruana, Giorgia; Santi, Pierluigi; Cafiero, Ferdinando

doi:10.1080/00015458.2017.1310480

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“…Human physiology is affected by yearly rhythms, e.g., by the lunar cycle and the seasons. The frequency of emergency presentations for reasons such as birth, sleep, rupture of abdominal aorta and intracranial aneurysm, acute coronary events, gastrointestinal bleeding, psychiatric episodes in children and adults, post-surgical bleeding and complications, stroke, epileptic and psychogenic seizures, kidney transplant results, trauma are the common cases associated with the lunar cycle ( 6 , 7 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 ). The belief that some parts of the body are related to some positions of the moon is expressed with “zodiacal constellations”.…”

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Effects of the Lunar Cycle, Seasons and the Meteorological Factors on Peripheral Vertigo

Koparal¹,

Altuntaş²,

Yilmazer³

et al. 2022

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Objective: This study aimed to determine whether peripheral vertigo is related to the lunar cycle, the seasons, or meteorological factors, in patients who presented to the ear, nose, and throat clinic. Methods: All the patients, diagnosed with vertigo between January 2020 and January 2022, were identified through a retrospective review of our hospital database. The clinical and demographic data of the patients were recorded. Daily humidity (minimum, average, and maximum; %), daily temperature (minimum, average, and maximum; °C), daily average and maximum wind speed (m/min), daily air pressure (minimum and average maximum; hPa) and wind direction (degrees) values were noted. Also, the phases of the moon, i.e., first quarter, new moon, last quarter, and full moon periods were determined. Results: A total of 5,432 patients were included in the study. No statistically significant differences were noted among them with respect to the lunar cycle (p=0.233). However, patient density was found to increase in the winter months. Conclusion: This study concluded that the frequency of diseases is related to meteorological factors, nonetheless, no statistical relationship was found between the lunar cycle and the frequency of patient entries.

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Effects of the Lunar Cycle, Seasons and the Meteorological Factors on Peripheral Vertigo

Koparal¹,

Altuntaş²,

Yilmazer³

et al. 2022

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“…Doğum, uyku, abdominal aorta ve intrakraniyal anevrizma rüptürü, akut koroner olaylar, gastrointestinal kanama, çocuklarda ve yetişkinlerde psikiyatrik nedenli başvurular, cerrahi sonrası kanama ve komplikasyonlar, inme, epileptik ve psikojenik nöbet, böbrek nakli sonuçları, travma nedenli acil başvuru sıklığı, ay döngüsü ile ilişkisi araştırılan başlıca durumlardır. 3,4,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] Bu çalışmaların bazılarında ay döngüsü ile hastalık sıklığı arasında ilişki tespit edilmiş olsa da pek çoğunda herhangi bir ilişki tespit edilmemiştir. Ay döngüsünün insan sağlığı üzerine etkisinde, temelde dolunay döneminde oluşan değişiklikler dikkate alınmaktadır.…”

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The Relationship Between Ear Nose Throat Emergencies and Meteorological Events and the Moon Cycle

Akdoğan¹,

Hızal²,

Babakurban³

et al. 2020

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Enfeksiyöz ve travmatik nedenler dışındaki acil kulak burun boğaz başvuruları ile meteorolojik faktörler ve ay döngüsü arasındaki ilişkinin değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Hastanemiz veritabanından Ocak 2013-Ekim 2015 tarihleri arasındaki Kulak Burun Boğaz acil başvuru nedenleri belirlenmiştir. Aynı tarih aralığındaki günlük sıcaklık (maksimum, minimum ve ortalama) (Co), günlük nem (maksimum, minimum ve ortalama) (%), günlük maksimum ve ortalama rüzgâr hızı (m/dakika), rüzgâr yönü (derece) ve günlük hava basıncı (maksimum, minimum ve ortalama) (hPa) değerleri ve ayın evreleri olan yeni ay, ilk dördün, dolunay ve son dördün dönemleri tespit edilmiştir. Bulgular: Toplamda 1034 günlük süre boyunca vertigo, epistaksis ve Bell paralizisi nedeni ile 11.898 acil başvurusu olduğu ve bu başvuruların tüm KBB başvurularının %10,25'ini oluşturduğu tespit edildi. Benign paroksismal pozisyonel vertigo (BPPV) tanısı alan hastalar (n=977), vertigo yakınması olan hastaların %10,2'sini oluşturuyordu. BPPV başvuru sıklığı ile tüm basınç ve nem verileri arasında pozitif korelasyon, günlük sıcaklık değerlerinin tümü ile ise negatif korelasyon olduğu tespit edildi. Vertigo ile başvuran tüm hastalar değerlendirildiğinde, vertigo ile günlük minimum basınç, günlük maksimum nem ve ortalama nem değerleri için pozitif korelasyon tespit edilirken; tüm günlük sıcaklık verileri arasında ise negatif korelasyon mevcuttu. Günlük maksimum rüzgâr hızı ve günlük ortalama rüzgâr hızı ile vertigo ve BPPV başvuru sıklığı arasında negatif korelasyon tespit edildi. Epistaksis sıklığı ile günlük maksimum rüzgâr hızı arasında da negatif korelasyon tespit edildi. Ay evreleri ile hastalık sıklığı arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı ilişki tespit edilmedi. Sonuç: Bu çalışmada, meteorolojik faktörlerin vertigo, BPPV ve epistaksis ile ilişkili olduğu ortaya konmuş, ancak ay döngüsü ile belirtilen durumların sıklığı arasında herhangi bir ilişki tespit edilmemiştir. Bu konuda Türkiye'de daha önce yapılmış bir çalışma mevcut değildir. Çalışmamızda elde edilen bulgular, literatürdeki çalışmaları büyük ölçüde destekler niteliktedir.Anah tar Ke li me ler: Vertigo; benign paroksismal pozisyonel vertigo; Bell paralizisi; epistaksis; meteorolojik faktörler; ay döngüsü ABS TRACT Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between otorhinolaryngologic emergencies except infectious and traumatic causes and meteorological events and the moon cycle. Material and Methods: Otorhinolaryngologic emergency applications except for trauma and infection from January 2013-October 2015, were determined from database of our hospital. Daily temperature (maximum, minimum and average) (Co), daily humidity (maximum, minimum and average) (%), daily maximum and average wind speed (m/min), wind direction (degree) and daily air pressure (maximum, minimum and average) (hPa) values and the phases of the new moon (first quarter, full moon and last quarter) were also determined between the same dates. Results: There were 11.898 emergency applications du...

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“…t is commonly believed that the full moon affects human behavior and the occurrence and outcome of various diseases. [1][2][3][4] Previous studies have suggested that lunar phases might be associated with an increased incident risk of cardiovascular diseases such as acute myocardial infarction (AMI) 3 or atrial fibrillation. 5 These cardiovascular diseases could be the cause of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).…”

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Full Moon and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Japan　― Population-Based, Double-Controlled Case Series Analysis ―

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Background: It is commonly believed that a full moon affects human behavior or the occurrence and outcome of various diseases; thus, the occurrence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) might increase during full moon nights. Methods and Results: This nationwide, population-based observational study consecutively enrolled OHCA patients in Japan with attempted resuscitation between 2005 and 2016. The primary outcome measure was the occurrence of OHCA. Based on the doublecontrol method, assuming Poisson sampling, we evaluated the average number of OHCA events that occurred on full moon nights compared with that which occurred on control nights, which included events that occurred on the same calendar days 1 week before and after the full moon nights. A total of 29,552 OHCA that occurred on 148 full moon nights and 58,707 OHCA that occurred on 296 control nights were eligible for analysis. The occurrence of OHCA did not differ between full moon and control nights (199.7 vs. 198.3 per night; relative risk [RR], 1.007; 95% CI: 0.993-1.021). On subgroup analysis, compared with control nights, the RR of OHCA occurrence were 1.013 (95% CI: 0.994-1.032, P=0.166) and 0.998 (95% CI: 0.977-1.020, P=0.866) for cardiac and non-cardiac origins, respectively. Conclusions: In this population, there was no significant difference in OHCA occurrence between full moon and control nights.

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Relationship between lunar cycle and haemorrhagic complication rate in surgery

Abstract: No statistically significant correlations were found between moon cycles and postoperative haemorrhagic complications (p = .50).

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References 36 publications

Effects of the Lunar Cycle, Seasons and the Meteorological Factors on Peripheral Vertigo

Effects of the Lunar Cycle, Seasons and the Meteorological Factors on Peripheral Vertigo

The Relationship Between Ear Nose Throat Emergencies and Meteorological Events and the Moon Cycle

Full Moon and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Japan　― Population-Based, Double-Controlled Case Series Analysis ―

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Relationship between lunar cycle and haemorrhagic complication rate in surgery

Abstract: No statistically significant correlations were found between moon cycles and postoperative haemorrhagic complications (p = .50).

Cited by 5 publications

References 36 publications

Effects of the Lunar Cycle, Seasons and the Meteorological Factors on Peripheral Vertigo

Effects of the Lunar Cycle, Seasons and the Meteorological Factors on Peripheral Vertigo

The Relationship Between Ear Nose Throat Emergencies and Meteorological Events and the Moon Cycle

Full Moon and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Japan ― Population-Based, Double-Controlled Case Series Analysis ―

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Full Moon and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Japan　― Population-Based, Double-Controlled Case Series Analysis ―