A year’s trauma admissions and the effect of the weather

Atherton, W. G.; Harper, William H.; Abrams, Keith R.

doi:10.1016/j.injury.2003.10.027

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“…Other studies [20][21][22], however, report no significant seasonal differences for traffic fatalities, trauma admissions for adults, or burns. One study showed two peaks of distal radial fractures in January and August [23].…”

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Pelvic Fracture and Risk Factors for Mortality: A Population-Based Study in Taiwan

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“…Büyükcam et al reported that the most common traumatic injuries were seen in July, August and September [4]. Atherton et al [9] reported that the number of trauma patients has increased in the summer months. Bhattacharyya and Millham [10] reported that traumas have been mostly seen in July and August.…”

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Analysis of the patients admitted to emergency department due to urogenital trauma and investigation of factors that affect mortality

Sözen¹,

Çelik²,

Akpinar³

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“…Only admissions to inpatient beds were included during a 1-year period. 20 Rising et al 21 studied patients who were admitted for at least 48 hours to the general surgery trauma service. They found the daily maximum temperature and precipitation to be valid predictors of trauma admission value.…”

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Relation of the Weather and the Lunar Cycle With the Incidence of Trauma in the Groningen Region Over a 36-Year Period

Stomp

Fidler

Duis

et al. 2009

Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection &Amp; Critical Care

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Relation of the weather and the lunar cycle with the incidence of trauma in the Groningen region over a 36-year period Stomp, W.; Fidler, V.; ten Duis, H.J.; Nijsten, Maarten W Take-down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim.Downloaded from the University of Groningen/UMCG research database (Pure): http://www.rug.nl/research/portal. For technical reasons the number of authors shown on this cover page is limited to 10 maximum. Background: The time distribution of injuries is not random. To assess the potential impact of weather and the phase of the moon on accidents, adjustment for known periodic and nonperiodic factors may be important. We compared the incidence of injuries with quantitative and qualitative weather variables as well as the lunar cycle, after correction for calendar and holiday-related factors. Methods:We extracted the daily number of trauma patients treated at the emergency department over 36 years (1970 -2005) from the trauma database of our regional hospital. For each patient, age, sex, cause of injury, and severity of injury were recorded. This was combined with daily meteorological data including temperature, precipitation, sunshine, humidity, air pressure, and wind as well as the lunar phase. We also related the rate of change of these parameters with the incidence of injuries. A qualitative weather variable derived from temperature, sunshine duration, and precipitation was defined as bad, normal, or good. Periodicities were adjusted for with Poisson regression spline fitting analysis. Results: Several weather variables were related with the number of injuries. For most of these, better weather conditions were associated with an increase in trauma incidence. Good weather, which was present on 16.5% of the days, resulted in 10.1% (9.3-11.4 95% CI) more traumas compared with normal weather. Full moon was associated with a 2.1% (1.1-3.0 95% CI) lower trauma incidence than new moon. Conclusions: Better weather conditions contribute to an increased incidence of trauma. Full moon is associated with a slightly lower trauma incidence.

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A year’s trauma admissions and the effect of the weather

Cited by 95 publications

References 9 publications

Pelvic Fracture and Risk Factors for Mortality: A Population-Based Study in Taiwan

Pelvic Fracture and Risk Factors for Mortality: A Population-Based Study in Taiwan

Analysis of the patients admitted to emergency department due to urogenital trauma and investigation of factors that affect mortality

Relation of the Weather and the Lunar Cycle With the Incidence of Trauma in the Groningen Region Over a 36-Year Period

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