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- Title
Relationship Between Pulmonary Thromboembolism, its Mortality and Seasonal, Meteorological Factors.
- Authors
Sağmen, Seda Beyhan; Cömert, Sevda; Kıral, Nesrin; Türnüklü, Gamze Çelik; Doğan, Coşkun; Parmaksız, Elif Torun; Fidan, Ali
- Abstract
Objective: Seasonal and weather changes may affect the development of pulmonary embolism. The effects of seasonal and meteorological factors on mortality are controversial. We aimed to investigate the effects of seasons and meteorological data on patients with a low and high pulmonary embolism severity index and those with 30-day mortality. Methods: Pulmonary embolism cases were included in our study. Daily pressure, humidity, temperature, and wind values were taken from the general online information by the Directorate of Meteorology. All cases were divided into the low-risk and high-risk group, using a simplified pulmonary embolism severity index. Results: Eighty-six patients diagnosed with pulmonary thromboembolism were included in the study. Comparison between the two groups revealed that the disease was detected during winter in the high-risk group (31.3%) and during summer in the low-risk group (59.1%) (p=0.011). No statistically significant results were found on the day of diagnosis and pressure, humidity, temperature, and wind averages on the 7th day based on the severity index (p>0.05). There were no statistically significant results detected when comparing the average air pressure, humidity, air temperature, season, and wind for mortality in 30 days (p>0.05). Conclusion: In the light of these data, it was determined that seasonal and meteorological factors had no effect on mortality in pulmonary embolism.
- Subjects
PULMONARY embolism; ATMOSPHERIC temperature; THROMBOEMBOLISM; AIR pressure; MORTALITY; METEOROLOGY
- Publication
Southern Clinics of Istanbul Eurasia, 2019, Vol 30, Issue 2, p158
- ISSN
2587-0998
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14744/scie.2019.98700