Extreme Weather Conditions and Cardiovascular Hospitalizations in Southern Brazil

This research concerns the identification of a pattern between the occurrence of extreme weather conditions, such as cold waves and heat waves, and hospitalization for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), in the University Hospital of Santa Maria (HUSM) in southern Brazil between 2012 and 2017. The resea...

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Autores principales:	Iago Turba Costa, Cassio Arthur Wollmann, João Paulo Assis Gobo, Priscilla Venâncio Ikefuti, Salman Shooshtarian, Andreas Matzarakis
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	hospitalization tax cardiovascular diseases air temperature cold waves heat waves correlation Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:09aadf2a7b6d4534b37cee2b1f814cb62021-11-11T19:47:29ZExtreme Weather Conditions and Cardiovascular Hospitalizations in Southern Brazil10.3390/su1321121942071-1050https://doaj.org/article/09aadf2a7b6d4534b37cee2b1f814cb62021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/12194https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050This research concerns the identification of a pattern between the occurrence of extreme weather conditions, such as cold waves and heat waves, and hospitalization for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), in the University Hospital of Santa Maria (HUSM) in southern Brazil between 2012 and 2017. The research employed the field experiment method to measure the biometeorological parameters associated with hospital admissions in different seasons, such as during extreme weather conditions such as a cold wave (CW) or a heat wave (HW), using five thermal comfort indices: physiologically equivalent temperature (PET), new standard effective temperature (SET), predicted mean vote (PMV), effective temperatures (ET), and effective temperature with wind (ETW). The hospitalizations were recorded as 0.775 and 0.726 admissions per day for the winter and entire study periods, respectively. The records for extreme events showed higher admission rates than those on average days. The results also suggest that emergency hospitalizations for heart diseases during extreme weather events occurred predominantly on days with thermal discomfort. Furthermore, there was a particularly high risk of hospitalization for up to seven days after the end of the CW. Further analyses showed that cardiovascular hospitalizations were higher in winter than in summer, suggesting that CWs are more life threatening in wintertime.Iago Turba CostaCassio Arthur WollmannJoão Paulo Assis GoboPriscilla Venâncio IkefutiSalman ShooshtarianAndreas MatzarakisMDPI AGarticlehospitalization taxcardiovascular diseasesair temperaturecold wavesheat wavescorrelationEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12194, p 12194 (2021)
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topic	hospitalization tax cardiovascular diseases air temperature cold waves heat waves correlation Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
spellingShingle	hospitalization tax cardiovascular diseases air temperature cold waves heat waves correlation Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Iago Turba Costa Cassio Arthur Wollmann João Paulo Assis Gobo Priscilla Venâncio Ikefuti Salman Shooshtarian Andreas Matzarakis Extreme Weather Conditions and Cardiovascular Hospitalizations in Southern Brazil
description	This research concerns the identification of a pattern between the occurrence of extreme weather conditions, such as cold waves and heat waves, and hospitalization for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), in the University Hospital of Santa Maria (HUSM) in southern Brazil between 2012 and 2017. The research employed the field experiment method to measure the biometeorological parameters associated with hospital admissions in different seasons, such as during extreme weather conditions such as a cold wave (CW) or a heat wave (HW), using five thermal comfort indices: physiologically equivalent temperature (PET), new standard effective temperature (SET), predicted mean vote (PMV), effective temperatures (ET), and effective temperature with wind (ETW). The hospitalizations were recorded as 0.775 and 0.726 admissions per day for the winter and entire study periods, respectively. The records for extreme events showed higher admission rates than those on average days. The results also suggest that emergency hospitalizations for heart diseases during extreme weather events occurred predominantly on days with thermal discomfort. Furthermore, there was a particularly high risk of hospitalization for up to seven days after the end of the CW. Further analyses showed that cardiovascular hospitalizations were higher in winter than in summer, suggesting that CWs are more life threatening in wintertime.
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author	Iago Turba Costa Cassio Arthur Wollmann João Paulo Assis Gobo Priscilla Venâncio Ikefuti Salman Shooshtarian Andreas Matzarakis
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title	Extreme Weather Conditions and Cardiovascular Hospitalizations in Southern Brazil
title_short	Extreme Weather Conditions and Cardiovascular Hospitalizations in Southern Brazil
title_full	Extreme Weather Conditions and Cardiovascular Hospitalizations in Southern Brazil
title_fullStr	Extreme Weather Conditions and Cardiovascular Hospitalizations in Southern Brazil
title_full_unstemmed	Extreme Weather Conditions and Cardiovascular Hospitalizations in Southern Brazil
title_sort	extreme weather conditions and cardiovascular hospitalizations in southern brazil
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/09aadf2a7b6d4534b37cee2b1f814cb6
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Extreme Weather Conditions and Cardiovascular Hospitalizations in Southern Brazil

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