The Effects of Air Pollution on Ischemic Stroke Admission Rate / 전남의대학술지
Chonnam Medical Journal
;
: 53-58, 2016.
Artículo
en Inglés
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| ID: wpr-788326
ABSTRACT
The present study aimed to determine the relationship between the level of air pollutants and the rate of ischemic stroke (IS) admissions to hospitals. In this retrospective cross-sectional study, stroke admissions (January-March 2012 and 2013) to an emergency department and air pollution and meteorological data were gathered. The relationship between air pollutant levels and hospital admission rates were evaluated using the generalize additive model. In all 379 patients with IS were referred to the hospital (52.5% male; mean age 68.2+/-13.3 years). Both transient (p<0.001) and long-term (p<0.001) rises in CO level increases the risk of IS. Increased weekly (p<0.001) and monthly (p<0.001) average O3 levels amplifies this risk, while a transient increase in NO2 (p<0.001) and SO2 (p<0.001) levels has the same effect. Long-term changes in PM(10) (p<0.001) and PM(2.5) (p<0.001) also increase the risk of IS. The findings showed that the level of air pollutants directly correlates with the number of stroke admissions to the emergency department.
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Asunto principal:
Admisión del Paciente
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Estudios Transversales
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Estudios Retrospectivos
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Accidente Cerebrovascular
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Contaminantes Atmosféricos
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Contaminación del Aire
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Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio observacional
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Estudio de prevalencia
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Estudio pronóstico
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Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Chonnam Medical Journal
Año:
2016
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Artículo
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