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The association of hospital emergency admissions due to respiratory-cardiovascular diseases and acute myocardial infarction with air pollution in Tehran during 2005-2014
Background: Air pollution is one of the main reasons for disease and emergency hospitalizations. Therefore, air pollution control and hospital preparedness are of paramount importance. This study was conducted to determine the association of air pollutant levels with the rate of hospital emergency a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6325295/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30643751 http://dx.doi.org/10.14196/mjiri.32.76 |
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author | Kermani, Majid Dowlati, Mohsen Jonidi Jafari, Ahmad Rezaei Kalantary, Roshanak |
author_facet | Kermani, Majid Dowlati, Mohsen Jonidi Jafari, Ahmad Rezaei Kalantary, Roshanak |
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description | Background: Air pollution is one of the main reasons for disease and emergency hospitalizations. Therefore, air pollution control and hospital preparedness are of paramount importance. This study was conducted to determine the association of air pollutant levels with the rate of hospital emergency admissions due to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and acute myocardial infarction in Tehran during the last decade. Methods: This was a cross sectional study. At first, information on hourly concentration of air pollutants was gathered from Tehran Environmental Protection Agency and Air Quality Control Company. Raw data and meteorological parameters were used in Excel format to prepare an input file. The number of emergency hospital admissions due to pollutant exposure was assessed using the AirQ2.2.3 model. Results: Results of this study revealed that there were 54 352 cases of emergency hospitalizations due to respiratory diseases in a relative risk of 1.0048 [1.0008-1.0112] and 20 990 cases of emergency hospitalizations due to cardiovascular diseases in a relative risk of 1.009[1.006-1.013] during 2005-2014. In addition, 3478 patients were admitted to the emergency department because of acute myocardial infarction with RR of 1.0026 [1.0026-1.0101]. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that a high percentage of hospital emergency admissions was because of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. Moreover, it was found that acute myocardial infarction could be due to the high level of air pollution and could increase admissions to the emergency department. Therefore, appropriate measures are needed to reduce air pollution and increase hospital preparedness. |
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spelling | pubmed-63252952019-01-14 The association of hospital emergency admissions due to respiratory-cardiovascular diseases and acute myocardial infarction with air pollution in Tehran during 2005-2014 Kermani, Majid Dowlati, Mohsen Jonidi Jafari, Ahmad Rezaei Kalantary, Roshanak Med J Islam Repub Iran Original Article Background: Air pollution is one of the main reasons for disease and emergency hospitalizations. Therefore, air pollution control and hospital preparedness are of paramount importance. This study was conducted to determine the association of air pollutant levels with the rate of hospital emergency admissions due to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and acute myocardial infarction in Tehran during the last decade. Methods: This was a cross sectional study. At first, information on hourly concentration of air pollutants was gathered from Tehran Environmental Protection Agency and Air Quality Control Company. Raw data and meteorological parameters were used in Excel format to prepare an input file. The number of emergency hospital admissions due to pollutant exposure was assessed using the AirQ2.2.3 model. Results: Results of this study revealed that there were 54 352 cases of emergency hospitalizations due to respiratory diseases in a relative risk of 1.0048 [1.0008-1.0112] and 20 990 cases of emergency hospitalizations due to cardiovascular diseases in a relative risk of 1.009[1.006-1.013] during 2005-2014. In addition, 3478 patients were admitted to the emergency department because of acute myocardial infarction with RR of 1.0026 [1.0026-1.0101]. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that a high percentage of hospital emergency admissions was because of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. Moreover, it was found that acute myocardial infarction could be due to the high level of air pollution and could increase admissions to the emergency department. Therefore, appropriate measures are needed to reduce air pollution and increase hospital preparedness. Iran University of Medical Sciences 2018-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6325295/ /pubmed/30643751 http://dx.doi.org/10.14196/mjiri.32.76 Text en © 2018 Iran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0), which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Kermani, Majid Dowlati, Mohsen Jonidi Jafari, Ahmad Rezaei Kalantary, Roshanak The association of hospital emergency admissions due to respiratory-cardiovascular diseases and acute myocardial infarction with air pollution in Tehran during 2005-2014 |
title | The association of hospital emergency admissions due to respiratory-cardiovascular diseases and acute myocardial infarction with air pollution in Tehran during 2005-2014 |
title_full | The association of hospital emergency admissions due to respiratory-cardiovascular diseases and acute myocardial infarction with air pollution in Tehran during 2005-2014 |
title_fullStr | The association of hospital emergency admissions due to respiratory-cardiovascular diseases and acute myocardial infarction with air pollution in Tehran during 2005-2014 |
title_full_unstemmed | The association of hospital emergency admissions due to respiratory-cardiovascular diseases and acute myocardial infarction with air pollution in Tehran during 2005-2014 |
title_short | The association of hospital emergency admissions due to respiratory-cardiovascular diseases and acute myocardial infarction with air pollution in Tehran during 2005-2014 |
title_sort | association of hospital emergency admissions due to respiratory-cardiovascular diseases and acute myocardial infarction with air pollution in tehran during 2005-2014 |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6325295/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30643751 http://dx.doi.org/10.14196/mjiri.32.76 |
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