Influence of Climatic Factors on the Incidence of Spontaneous Pneumothorax / 中国医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the onset time rule of spontaneous pneumothorax ,and investigate the influence of climatic factors such as atmo-spheric pressure,wind speed,etc. on the onset of spontaneous pneumothorax. Methods Five hundred and ninety-three patients of spontaneous pneumothorax in Cenral Hospital Affiliated to Shenyang Medical College were enrolled for this study between January 1,2011 and December 31, 2015. The data of the average daily atmosphere pressure and wind speed in five years were recorded. The relationship between the onset of sponta-neous pneumothorax and the change of the atmosphere pressure and wind speed was analyzed. Results The incidence of spontaneous pneumotho-rax in Shenyang area was obvious seasonal. Primary spontaneous pneumothorax episodes were observed mostly in spring and in March and April;Second spontaneous pneumothorax episodes were observed mostly in winter and in November and December. The difference in mean atmospheric pressure was 0.6 hPa lower than on days in which no spontaneous pneumothorax occurred. This difference was statistically significant(P=0.015). We observed significantly higher average wind speed on days with SP versus days without(9.46±6.33 m/s vs 7.11±5.47 m/s,P<0.001). Conclu-sion Spontaneous pneumothorax has obvious aggregation of onset time. A sharp drop in atmospheric pressure and increases in wind speed has im-portant influence on the incidence of spontaneous pneumothorax.