ArticleChinese medical journal2018
Impact of Temperature in Summer on Emergency Transportation for Heat-Related Diseases in Japan.
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- Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on heatstroke-related ambulance dispatch in the 47 prefectures of Japan.The Science of the total environment · 2021Pooled it
- Heatstroke characteristics and meteorological conditions in Hefei, China: thresholds and driving factors.BMC public health · 2025Article
- COVID-19 and Heat Illness in Tokyo, Japan: Implications for the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2021.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Effect of Minimum and Maximum Air Temperatures in the Summer on Heat Stroke in Japan: A Time-Stratified Case-Crossover Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Adherence of Healthcare Workers to Saudi Management Guidelines of Heat-Related Illnesses during Hajj Pilgrimage.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Impact of Maximum Air Temperature on Ambulance Transports Owing to Heat Stroke During Spring and Summer in Tottori Prefecture, Japan: A Time-stratified Case-crossover Analysis.Yonago acta medica · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn Japan, the demand for emergency transportation for people with heat-related illness has recently increased. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between incidents of heat-related illness and the daily maximum temperature.
methodsThe daily maximum temperatures in Japan's 11 districts over the past 10 years were classified into four categories, with cutoff points at the 50
resultsThere were 42,931 cases of emergency transportation due to heat-related diseases during the study period. Classified by age, 12.5%, 43.4%, and 44.1% of cases involved children, adults, and elderly people, respectively. The analysis showed that the number of cases of emergency transportation for people with heat-related diseases (per 100,000 people; corresponding to a 1.0°C increase in the daily maximum temperature) was 0.016-0.106 among children (24.9-169.9 children required emergency transportation for heat-related diseases), from 0.013 to 0.059 among adults (19.8-98.2 adults required emergency transportation), and from 0.045 to 0.159 among elderly persons (30.0-145.4 elderly people required emergency transportation). The risk was highest for elderly persons, followed by children and finally adults. Cases of emergency transportation due to heat-related illness increased by 2.4-8.9 times when the daily maximum temperature was approximately 1.5°C above the mean daily maximum temperature. In fact, the daily maximum temperature had a larger effect than the daily relative humidity level on emergency transportation for people with heat-related diseases.
conclusionPublic health organizations and health-care services should support elderly people and children, two high-risk groups for heat-related diseases.
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