ArticleChest2020
Power Outage: An Ignored Risk Factor for COPD Exacerbations.
Article in Chest, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.
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- Recurrent power outages and the mental health burden of grid reliability in Maryland.iScience · 2026Article
- Emergency Preparedness in Older Adults With and Without COPD During Power Outages and Natural Disasters.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026Article
- A dangerous combination: how co-occurring floods and blackouts increase cardiovascular hospitalizations.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
- Respiratory Emergencies in Disasters: A Narrative Review.Thoracic research and practice · 2026Article
- Estimating Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Residential Power Outages in Massachusetts from 2013 to 2022 Using Public Records.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2026Article
- The Underexplored Patterns of Respiratory Risks Associated With Climate Disasters.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2026Article
- Do Power Outages Impact Mental Health? Empirical evidence from Maryland.Research square · 2026Article
- The association between power outages and cardiovascular and respiratory hospitalizations among US Medicare beneficiaries in 2018: A case-crossover study.PLoS medicine · 2026Article
- Preparedness for blackouts in Iberian Peninsula patients using home respiratory therapies.ERJ open research · 2026Article
- Emergency Department Visits During the Fall 2019 Public Safety Power Shutoff Events in California.Disaster medicine and public health preparedness · 2026Article
- Electricity inaccessibility across historically redlined and present-day disadvantaged areas in New York City.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- The Joint Effects of Thunderstorms and Power Outages on Respiratory-Related Emergency Visits and Modifying and Mediating Factors of This Relationship.Environmental health perspectives · 2024Article
- The Impact of Climate Change on Respiratory Care: A Scoping Review.The journal of climate change and health · 2024Article
- Power outages and pediatric unintentional injury hospitalizations in New York State.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2024Article
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- Association of social vulnerability factors with power outage burden in Washington state: 2018-2021.PloS one · 2024Article
- A spatial analysis of power-dependent medical equipment and extreme weather risk in the southeastern United States.International journal of disaster risk reduction : IJDRR · 2023Article
- Spatiotemporal distribution of power outages with climate events and social vulnerability in the USA.Nature communications · 2023Article
- The 2021 Texas Power Crisis: distribution, duration, and disparities.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2023Article
- How neighborhood environment modified the effects of power outages on multiple health outcomes in New York state?Hygiene and environmental health advances · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundCOPD is the third leading cause of death in the United States, with 16 million Americans currently experiencing difficulty with breathing. Power outages could be life-threatening for those relying on electricity. However, significant gaps remain in understanding the potential impact of power outages on COPD exacerbations. RESEARCH QUESTION: The goal of this study was to determine how power outages affect COPD exacerbations. STUDY DESIGN AND
methodsUsing distributed lag nonlinear models controlling for time-varying confounders, the hospitalization rate during a power outage was compared vs non-outage periods to determine the rate ratio (RR) for COPD and its subtypes at each of 0 to 6 lag days in New York State from 2001 to 2013. Stratified analyses were conducted according to sociodemographic characteristics, season, and clinical severity; changes were investigated in numerous critical medical indicators, including length of stay, hospital cost, the number of comorbidities, and therapeutic procedures between the two periods.
resultsThe RR of COPD hospitalization following power outages ranged from 1.03 to 1.39 across lag days. The risk was strongest at lag
interpretationPower outages were associated with a significantly elevated rate of COPD hospitalization, as well as greater costs and number of comorbidities. The average cost and number of comorbidities were elevated in all clinical severity groups.
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