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Influence of atmospheric states in semi-arid areas on hospital admission in cardio-surgical department

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The influence of the changes in atmospheric state, typical for areas close to big deserts, on acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was analyzed. Under test was the group of 3256 patients (77 % males, 23 % females), hospitalized in the Cardio-Surgical Department of Soroka Medical Center at Ben-Gurion University (BGU, Israel) during 2000–2008. To explore the relationship between atmospheric parameters and AMI, multivariate regression analysis has been performed. AMI was most frequent in winter to spring and least in summer. The highest number of cases was recorded in December and the lowest in September. Hospital admissions showed a higher prevalence in men than in women; the ratio is 3.3/1.0. About 60 % of males were aged between 45 and 65 years old with maximum ∼55 (21 %), whereas 60 % of women hospital admissions were aged between 65 and 80 years old with maximum ∼72 (24 %). The result suggested that the monthly mean relative humidity at daytime and its overall daily differences, wind speed, and respirable fraction of particulate concentration are associated with the admission for AMI. The results of the study confirm the importance of atmospheric state variability for cardiovascular diseases.

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to express their sincere thanks to the friends of Gershon Rudnicky (Dr. J. Aizenberg, Prof. C. Cafri, Mr. D. Levant, Dr. B. Sandler) for their help and encouragement during the work on this study and to Mrs. Sh. Slonim for editing this report.

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  1. ECE Dept., Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    Naomy S. Yackerson

  2. Agriecology Group, The Katif R&D Center, Ministry of Science, Sdot Negev, 842500, Netivot, Israel

    Arkadi Zilberman

  3. Department of Family Medicine, Clalit Health Services, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    Alexander Aizenberg

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This study is dedicated to the beloved memory of our dear friend Gershon Rudnicky, who saved so many souls, but did not succeed to help himself.

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Table 1 Meteorological variables in winter and summer averaged over a period of 2001–2005
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Table 2 The dominant air streams during a 24-h cycle in different seasons of the year (based on 5-year data, 2001–2005)
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Table 3 Monthly counts of hospital admissions with AMI during 2000–2008
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Table 4 Estimated regression coefficients (p < 0.005)
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Yackerson, N.S., Zilberman, A. & Aizenberg, A. Influence of atmospheric states in semi-arid areas on hospital admission in cardio-surgical department. Int J Biometeorol 61, 729–738 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-016-1251-7

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