Brief reportEffect of weather on the number and the nature of visits to a pediatric ED☆
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Emergency department imaging: are weather and calendar factors associated with imaging volume?
2016, Clinical RadiologyCitation Excerpt :LaGuardia airport weather station data were used as it is the closest data collection centre to the catchment area. An “extreme weather” day was defined as a day when the temperature was <0°C or >32.2°C, as has been defined elsewhere.4,5 For each day, day of the week, season, and holiday status was also recorded.
The association of weather on pediatric emergency department visits in Changwon, Korea (2005-2014)
2016, Science of the Total EnvironmentCitation Excerpt :In some studies, warm and sunny weather appears to have significant impacts on pediatric ED visit volumes (Macgregor, 2003; Ou et al., 2005). In others however, weather was only a minor factor affecting ED attendance (Attia and Edward, 1998; Christoffel, 1985). We hypothesized that inclement weather conditions would result in decreased ED visits because non-emergent patients delay or avoid hospital visits under such conditions.
Using an emergency department syndromic surveillance system to investigate the impact of extreme cold weather events
2014, Public HealthCitation Excerpt :Diagnosis codes were received for 77% of attendances reported here, however it is not known whether the remaining attendances without a code would have been relevant to this investigation. Previous investigations into the impact of ‘bad’ or ‘unfavourable’ weather on ED attendances have shown differing results, with most reporting minimal or no impact.21–23 However, severe or extreme weather events such as heavy snowfall or ice have been shown to impact on the workload and types of diagnoses made in emergency departments, for trauma cases in particular.19,24
Does a cold rainy day keep the patients away?
2008, Australasian Emergency Nursing JournalA predictive model for planning emergency events rescue during COVID-19 in Lombardy, Italy
2023, Statistical Methods and Applications
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Presented at the Ambulatory Pediatric Association/Society for Pediatric Research annual meeting, May 10, 1996, Washington, DC.
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Dr Edward is currently affiliated with Memorial Medical Center, Las Cruces, NM.