ArticleInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Increased vulnerability of COPD patient groups to urban climate in view of global warming.
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- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and the Management of Cardiopulmonary Risk in the UK: A Systematic Literature Review and Modified Delphi Study.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2025Pooled it
- Pulmonary function responses to extreme heat exposure in younger and older adults.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2025Article
- Environmental Temperature, Other Climatic Variables, and Cardiometabolic Profile in Acute Myocardial Infarction.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Heat in Germany: Health risks and preventive measures.Journal of health monitoring · 2023Article
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- How Vulnerable Are Patients with COPD to Weather Extremities?-A Pilot Study from Hungary.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- The effect of consecutive ambient air pollution on the hospital admission from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Chengdu region, China.Air quality, atmosphere, & health · 2021Article
- Trends and seasonal variation of hospitalization and mortality of interstitial lung disease in the United States from 2006 to 2016.Respiratory research · 2020Article
- Weather Variability and COPD: A Risk Estimation Identified a Vulnerable Sub-population in Hungary.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
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Abstract
purposePatients with COPD show an increase in acute exacerbations (AECOPD) during the cold season as well as during heat waves in the summer months. Due to global climate changes, extreme weather conditions are likely to occur more frequently in the future. The goal of this study was to identify patient groups most at risk of exacerbations during the four seasons of the year and to determine at which temperature threshold the daily hospital admissions due to AECOPD increase during the summer. PATIENTS AND
methodsWe analyzed retrospective demographic and medical data of 990 patients, who were hospitalized for AECOPD in Berlin, Germany. The cases were grouped into the following cohorts: "spring" (admission between March and May), "summer" (June - August), "autumn" (September - November), and "winter" (December - February). AECOPD hospital admissions from 2006 and 2010 were grouped into a "hot summer" cohort and cases from 2011 and 2012 into a "cold summer" data-set. Climate data were obtained from the German Meteorological Office.
resultsPatients hospitalized for a COPD exacerbation during winter were significantly older than summertime patients (
conclusionThe identification of COPD patient groups most at risk for climate related exacerbations enables climate-adapted prevention through patient guidance and treatment. In view of global climate changes, discovering vulnerabilities and implementing adaptive measures will be of growing importance.
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