The effects of climate on hospitalization for respiratory diseases by age group

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-35
Author(s):  
Amaury de Souza ◽  
Flavio Aristone ◽  
Fernanda A. Andrade ◽  
Hamilton G Pavao ◽  
Widinei A Fernandes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Age Group

scholarly journals Influence of air pollution on hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in Nis, Serbia

2010 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 473-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoran Milosevic ◽  
Dragan Bogdanovic ◽  
Sladjana Jovic ◽  
Aleksandra Stankovic ◽  
Suzana Milutinovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Sulphur Dioxide ◽  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Limit Values ◽  
Black Smoke

Background/Aim. In studies that investigate the health effects of short-term air pollution exposure, population-wide changes in acute outcomes such as mortality, hospital admissions and healthcare visits are linked to short-term variations in ambient pollutant concentrations. The aim of this study was to estimate the association between daily outdoor black smoke and sulphur dioxide levels and hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in Nis, within a period 2001-2005. Methods. A time series analysis was performed using separated regression models for each pollutant and disease group, by age groups and population as a whole. The effects of copollutant, meteorological factors and cyclic oscillations in hospitalization numbers were controlled. Results. A significant increase in hospital admissions was associated with a 10 ?g/m3 increase in the concentration of black smoke, for cardiovascular diseases: 3.14% (< 0.01) in children and youth under 19 years of age, 1.85% (< 0.001) in 19-64 age group, and 0.84% (< 0.05) in all ages, and for respiratory diseases: 1.77% (< 0.05) in 19-64 age group, and 0.91% (< 0.05) in all ages. The effects on hospitalizations for respiratory diseases in children and youth under 19 years of age, and for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in the elderly were not statistically significant. The increase of sulphur dioxide level was associated with the increased number of hospitalizations, for both cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in all age groups, but the influence was not statistically significant. Conclusion. Outdoor pollutants concentrations in urban area of Nis were below regulated limit values during most of the investigated period days but it is shown that even such a level of pollution has a significant effect on hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.

scholarly journals RETROSPECTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF DISEASES IN RUMINANTS IN KHAGRACHARI HILL TRACT DISTRICT OF BANGLADESH

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
MH Ali ◽  
MKJ Bhuiyan ◽  
MM Alam
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Epidemiologic Study ◽  
Gastrointestinal Diseases ◽  
Lower Percentage ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Animal Diseases ◽  
Worm Infestation ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Veterinary Hospital

A retrospective epidemiologic study of animal diseases was undertaken at Khagrachari Sadar Veterinary Hospital during January, 2006 to December, 2010 to determine prevalence and distribution of animal diseases. According to the diseases register, a total of 3988 sick animals were examined and 53 types of diseases were identified during this period. The commonly found various diseases were worm infestation (51.5%), pneumonia and pneumonitis (7.9%), ephemeral fever (3.7%), enteritis (3.4%), mastitis(3.2%), mange (3.2%), indigestion (2.8%), anestrous(2.6%). Rest of the diseases had lower percentage than 2%. Out of 3988 sick animals, 74.7% were female and 25.3 % were male animals. Animals aged between 2-5 (A1) years had high prevalence (54.0%) and it was low in age group 8-10 years (A4), 2.4%. Prevalence of diseases was high (42.3%) in rainy season (June-October) followed by (32.5%) in winter (November-February) and lowest (25.2%) in summer season (March-May). Gastrointestinal diseases 61.6 % (2458 cases) was seen highly prevalent among all groups of animals which was followed by infectious diseases 10.4% (416 cases), skin diseases 9.4 % (377 cases), respiratory diseases 8.27% (330 cases) and reproductive diseases 7.93% (cases). This study suggests that for a period of 15 years or more will help to identify the risk factors of diseases in this area.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjvm.v9i2.13457

Completed cases of provision of medical care and lethal outcomes in insured individuals with respiratory diseases in the Ryazan region

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-238
Author(s):  
Elena V. Manukhina ◽  
Svetlana V. Yurina ◽  
Sergey I. Gladkih
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Circulatory System ◽  
Medical Insurance ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Icd 10

AIM: This study aimed to investigate the dynamics of the volume of medical care (MC) provided to the population within the territorial program of compulsory medical insurance (CMI). This study also aimed to examine the lethal outcomes of insured individuals with respiratory diseases (RD) for 5 months in 2020 and 5 months in 2019 in the Ryazan Region during the COVID-19 pandemic. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Analysis was carried out on the basis of the paid registers of the accounts submitted by medical organizations to medical insurance organizations. These accounts were grouped in accordance with the order of the Federal CMI Fund No 104 On Establishment of the Form and Procedure for Reporting on Cases of Providing MC and the Results of Expertise of the Quality of MC dated June 04, 2018. In this study, all the completed cases of the treatment of the insured individuals with RD (ICD-10 codes: J00-J99) in the medical organizations of the Ryazan Region in 20192020 within the compulsory medical insurance were selected. The obtained data were statistically analyzed using the Microsoft Excel application package (Microsoft, USA) and descriptive statistics. RESULTS: The completed treatment cases of the insured individuals with RD in 2020 were categorized according to the age of patients, nosological form, and conditions for the provision of MC. They had different dynamics of growth/decline relative to the same period in 2019. In the structure of the cases of the MC provision, RD accounted for 13.2% (third place). This tendency was observed in the group of patients aged 60 years (7.8%). In patients aged 1860 years, the proportions of RD (18.0%) and diseases of the digestive system (18.1%) were higher than those of the diseases of the circulatory system (14.2%). The total number of cases of the MC provision to patients with this pathology for 5 months in 2020 decreased by 12.9% compared with that for 5 months in 2019 (11.3% in the age group of 1860 years and 16.6% in individuals aged 60 years). Despite the 38.3% decrease in the number of hospitalizations, the number of the completed cases of specialized MC for pneumonia increased by 27.7% (43.9% in the age group of 1860 years and 11.4% in the age group of 60 years). The comparative analysis of 5 months in 2020 and 2019 showed a 57.1% increase in deaths among patients aged 60 years in the provision of specialized MC and a 20.0% reduction among individuals aged 1860 years. CONCLUSION: The number of insured individuals seeking MC for RD increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the level of hospital lethality was low. Therefore, the organizational level of MC in the region was high, and medical organizations were adequately prepared for emergency situations with the preserved provision of high-quality MC.

scholarly journals Air Pollution and Emergency Hospital Admissions—Evidences from Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Portugal

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (22) ◽  
pp. 7997
Author(s):  
Pedro Franco ◽  
Cristina Gordo ◽  
Eduarda Marques da Costa ◽  
António Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Air Pollutants ◽  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Emergency Hospital ◽  
Emergency Hospital Admissions ◽  
Urban City ◽  
Circulatory Diseases

The relevance of air pollution in the public health agenda has recently been reinforced—it is known that exposure to it has negative effects in the health of individuals, especially in big cities and metropolitan areas. In this article we observed the evolution of air pollutants (CO, NO, NO2, O3, PM10) emissions and we confront them with health vulnerabilities related to respiratory and circulatory diseases (all circulatory diseases, cardiac diseases, cerebrovascular disease, ischemic heart disease, all respiratory diseases, chronic lower respiratory diseases, acute upper respiratory infections). The study is supported in two databases, one of air pollutants and the other of emergency hospital admissions, in the 2005–2015 period, applied to the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The analysis was conducted through Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression, while also using semi-elasticity to quantify associations. Results showed positive associations between air pollutants and admissions, tendentially higher in respiratory diseases, with CO and O3 having the highest number of associations, and the senior age group being the most impacted. We concluded that O3 is a good predictor for the under-15 age group and PM10 for the over-64 age group; also, there seems to exist a distinction between the urban city core and its suburban areas in air pollution and its relation to emergency hospital admissions.

scholarly journals A CRITICAL REVIEW: TAMAKA SHWASA (BRONCHIAL ASTHMA)

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 258-264
Author(s):  
Vaishnavi Narhari Saka
Keyword(s):  
Bronchial Asthma ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Climatic Changes ◽  
Chronic Inflammatory Disease ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Major Health Problem ◽  
Major Health ◽  
Recurrent Respiratory Infections

Out of most morbid disorders, the disease shwas is also becoming a major health problem of the society. Difficulties in breathing, cough are common health complains which everyone experiences throughout their life with different magnitude. Such complains are found in every age group. Dyspnea due to respiratory diseases comes under ShwasaRoga. Maha- Urdhva-Chinna-Tamaka and Kshudra are the types of ShwasaRoga. Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of airways characterized by cough, difficulty in breathing and wheeze. Exposure to dust, smoke, recurrent respiratory infections and climatic changes are chief triggering factors of this disease. Bronchial asthma and its associated features clinically correspond to the Tamaka Shwasa described in Ayurveda.

scholarly journals Hospitalizations and Deaths Associated with Diarrhea and Respiratory Diseases among Children Aged 0–5 Years in a Referral Hospital of Mauritania

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Ahmed ◽  
Abdellahi Weddih ◽  
Mohammed Benhafid ◽  
Mohamed Bollahi ◽  
Mariem Sidatt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Integrated Control ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Referral Hospital ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Vaccination Programs ◽  
Group 2 ◽  
National Referral Hospital

Diarrhea and respiratory diseases are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among <5-year-olds worldwide, but systematic data are not available from Mauritania. We conducted a hospital-based retrospective study. Data on admissions to Mauritania’s National Referral Hospital (the main pediatric referral center in the country), due to diarrhea and respiratory diseases, during 2011–2014, were analyzed. A total of 3695 children <5 years were hospitalized during this period; 665 (18.0%) due to respiratory diseases, and 829 (22.4%) due to diarrhea. Case fatality rates in the respiratory diseases and diarrhea groups were 18.0% (120/665) and 14.1% (117/829), respectively. The highest frequency of deaths due to diarrhea occurred in the age group 2–5 years (16/76; 21.0%), and due to respiratory diseases in the age group 6–12 months (32/141; 22.6%). We conclude that case fatality rates caused by respiratory diseases and diarrhea are extremely high in children hospitalized at the National Referral Hospital. These data call for intensified efforts to reduce deaths among hospitalized Mauritanian children, and also for integrated control measures to prevent and reduce the burden of both diseases. Additional studies are needed to show the effectiveness of the introduction of vaccination programs for pneumococcal diseases and rotavirus infection in the child population, which were launched in November 2013 and December 2014, respectively.

scholarly journals Trends in hospitalizations for respiratory diseases in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil, 1998-2009

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 869-877 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda Pedro Antunes ◽  
Maria da Conceição Nascimento Costa ◽  
Jairnilson Silva Paim ◽  
Ligia Maria Vieira-da-Silva ◽  
Carlos Antonio de Souza Teles Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Simple Linear Regression ◽  
Annual Average ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Hospitalization Rates ◽  
Pregnancy And Postpartum ◽  
The City

Respiratory diseases are the leading cause of hospitalizations in Brazil (excluding hospital admissions related to childbirth, pregnancy, and postpartum). To analyze the trend and seasonality of hospitalizations for respiratory diseases in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil, 1998-2009, a time trend study was performed using simple linear regression. Hospitalization rates for all respiratory diseases and specifically for asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and pneumonia were calculated by year and age group. Hospitalizations for all respiratory diseases decreased by 45.6% (β = -2.2; p < 0.001); those due to asthma showed the largest decline (annual average 1.2/10,000), pneumonia showed the largest reduction until 2002, subsequently tending to stabilize, and COPD remained unchanged. The under-5-year age group showed the largest decline in hospitalizations for all respiratory diseases. There was no seasonality in hospitalizations for COPD. There was a reduction in the burden of hospitalizations due to respiratory diseases in Salvador, mainly due to the drop in asthma and pneumonia in children < 5 years. However, the city still has hospitalization rates for respiratory diseases that are higher than in other large Brazilian cities.

scholarly journals Relationship between age and in-hospital mortality during 15,345,025 non-surgical hospitalizations

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-46
Author(s):  
Magdalena Walicka ◽  
Monika Puzianowska-Kuznicka ◽  
Marcin Chlebus ◽  
Andrzej Śliwczyński ◽  
Melania Brzozowska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Hospital Mortality ◽  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Vascular Diseases ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Hospital Death ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Age Group ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Related Mortality

IntroductionMortality, whether in or out of hospital, increases with age. However, studies evaluating in-hospital mortality in large populations did not distinguish between surgical and non-surgical causes of death, either in young or in elderly patients. The aim of the study was to assess in-hospital non-surgical mortality in a large group of patients, with a special focus on the elderly.Material and methodsData from the database of the Polish National Health Fund (NHF) regarding hospitalizations of adult (≥ 18 years) patients not related to surgical procedures in the years 2009–2013 were used to assess in-hospital mortality.Results15,345,025 hospitalizations were assessed. The mean in-hospital non-surgery-related mortality rate was 3.96 ±0.17%, and increased from 3.79% to 4.2% between 2009 and 2013. The mean odds ratio for in-hospital death increased with the age of patients, reaching a 229-fold higher rate in the ≥ 95 years age group as compared to the 18–24 age group. The highest mean mortality was associated with respiratory diseases (6.91 ±0.20%), followed by heart and vascular diseases, nervous system diseases, as well as combined gastrointestinal tract, liver, biliary tract, pancreas and spleen diseases (5.65 ±0.27%, 5.46 ±0.05% and 4.01 ±0.13%, respectively).ConclusionsThe in-hospital non-surgery-related mortality rate was approximately 4%. It significantly increased with age and, regardless of age, was highest in patients suffering from respiratory diseases.

scholarly journals Respiratory changes, hand fingers edema and yellow nails in a 94-year old woman

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vitorino Modesto Dos Santos ◽  
Christiane Aires Teixeira ◽  
Monique Chiovatto Mlontes Araujo ◽  
Manoel Da Costa Gondim Neto ◽  
Iara Machado Motta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renal Failure ◽  
Laboratory Tests ◽  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Yellow Nail Syndrome ◽  
Nail Changes ◽  
Moderate Anemia ◽  
Pleural Involvement

A 94-year old woman, with antecedent of chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, recurrent pneumonitis, arterial hypertension and chronic renal failure was admitted to control an episode of cardiac and respiratory insufficiency. Yellow nail changes and a tendency to pincer nails developed in her hand and toe fingers, preceded by longstanding course of respiratory diseases with pleural involvement. Laboratory tests detected moderate anemia and mildly elevated levels of urea and creatinine, thyroid function was normal. This case study is about yellow nail syndrome in absence of ankle lymphedema, and affecting a woman of the oldest-old age group with renal failure.

Sociodemographic Factors and Clinical Profile of Covid-19 Patients Admitted in a Tertiary Care Centre of Central Rajasthan, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (13) ◽  
pp. 773-777
Author(s):  
Piyush Arora ◽  
Himanshu Mittal ◽  
Neeraj Gupta ◽  
Jose K. Jimmy ◽  
Khushboo Jain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Care Centre ◽  
Rt Pcr ◽  
Tertiary Care Centre ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Chronic Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Co Morbidity

BACKGROUND Covid-2019, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS CoV2), is an ongoing pandemic that emerged from China in November 2019. It has affected millions of people worldwide causing significant morbidity and mortality. We wanted to analyse the clinical and demographic profile of Covid-19 patients admitted in a tertiary-care-centre in the central part of Rajasthan, compare their characteristics with other studies published from parts of NorthernIndia and identify factors associated with delayed recovery and mortality. METHODS This was a retrospective observational analysis of the clinical features, and epidemiological profile of Covid-19 positive patients admitted at a tertiary-carecentre in the Central part of Rajasthan. RESULTS A total of 422 patients was enrolled in the study. The male: female ratio was 1.34 with a mean age of 34.1 years. Almost 195 (46.2 %) patients were in the age group of 20 - 40 years. Respiratory diseases were the most common co-morbidity seen in 36 patients (8.53 %), diabetes-mellitus in 28 patients (6.63 %), hypertension in 22 patients (5.2 %). Fever was the commonest presenting symptom (N = 98, 77.17 %), followed by cough (N = 85, 66.93 %), and breathlessness (N = 51, 45.67 %). Factors significantly associated with mortality were age group of 60 - 80 year (P < 0.001), presence of co-morbidities (P < 0.001) and history of smoking & alcohol consumption (P < 0.001). Among co-morbidities diabetes-mellitus, hypertension, chronic-respiratory-diseases & chronic-kidneydiseases had significant impact on mortality. Absence of co-morbidity, lack of addiction and symptoms at the time of presentation were associated with an earlier conversion of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) report. CONCLUSIONS Clinical spectrum of COVID 19 varies widely. Presence of comorbidities, addiction, radiological features has a drastic impact on mortality and duration of infectivity. KEYWORDS SARS CoV-2, Covid-19, RT PCR, Coronavirus

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