Correlating weather and trauma admissions at a level I trauma center.
J Trauma
; 60(5): 1096-100, 2006 May.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16688076
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Popular emergency room wisdom touts higher temperatures, snowfall, weekends, and evenings as variables that increase trauma admissions. This study analyzed the possible correlation between trauma admissions and specific weather variables, and between trauma admissions and time of day or season.METHODS:
Trauma admission data from a Level I trauma center database from July 1, 1996 to January 31, 2002 was downloaded and linked with local weather data from the Archives of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration website, and then analyzed.RESULTS:
There were 8,269 trauma admissions over a total of 48,984 hours for an average of one admission every 6 hours. Daily high temperature and precipitation were valid predictors of trauma admission volume, with a 5.25% increase in hourly incidents for each 10-degree difference in temperature, and a 60% to 78% increase in the incident rate for each inch of precipitation in the previous 3 hours.CONCLUSIONS:
Weather and seasonal variations affect admissions at a Level I trauma center. Data from this study could be useful for determining staffing requirements and resource allocation.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Admissão do Paciente
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Centros de Traumatologia
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Tempo (Meteorologia)
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Ferimentos e Lesões
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article