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DOI	10.2147/COPD.S208108
	Extreme desert dust storms and COPD morbidity on the island of Crete
	Lorentzou, Christina 1; Kouvarakis, Giorgos 2; Kozyrakis, Georgios V.3; Kampanis, Nikolaos A.3; Trahanatzi, Irene 4; Fraidakis, Othon 4; Tzanakis, Nikolaos 5; Kanakidou, Maria 2; Agouridakis, Panagiotis 1; Notas, George 1,3
通讯作者	Notas, George
来源期刊	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
ISSN	1178-2005
出版年	2019
卷号	14 页码:1763-1767
英文摘要	Introduction and objectives: Short-term extreme increases in desert-derived particulate-matter with aerodynamic diameter below 10 mu m (PM10) may affect emergency department (ED) visits due to COPD exacerbations. Research question: Our aim was to identify the effect of extreme increases in desert-derived PM10 on ED visits for dyspnea and COPD exacerbations and on the related hospital admissions. Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of dyspnea-related ED visits and hospital admissions in Heraklion, Crete, during four consecutive storms of desert-derived PM10 that happened during March 2018. We collected data from over 17,000 ED visits and recorded patients with atopic symptoms, COPD exacerbations, and dyspnea, as well as admissions to the departments of pulmonary medicine, internal medicine, and cardiology. PM10 data were collected from a monitoring station in the same geographic area. Results: Four desert dust storms were recorded during the study period with 238, 203, 1138, and 310 mu g/m(3) average-daily PM10 and 652, 308, 4262, and 778 mu g/m(3) hourly mean day-peak PM10, respectively. There was no clinically important increase in total ED visits, total admissions or admissions to the departments of cardiology, pulmonary medicine, or internal medicine, during PM10 peaks. However, during the desert dust storm with daily-average PM10 above 500 mu g/m(3), there was a striking increase in dyspnea-related ED visits (including COPD exacerbations, 3.6-fold increase), while there was no clinically important increase in non-asthma allergy-related ED visits. Conclusion: Extreme desert dust storm episodes may cause meaningful increases in ED visits for dyspnea and COPD exacerbations/admissions.
英文关键词	desert dust storms emergency department overcrowding particulate-matter COPD
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Greece
开放获取类型	gold, Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000479044300002
WOS关键词	PARTICULATE ; VARIABILITY
WOS类目	Respiratory System
WOS研究方向	Respiratory System
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/216366
作者单位	1.Univ Crete, Sch Med, Univ Hosp, Dept Emergency Med, Iraklion, Greece; 2.Univ Crete, Environm Chem Proc Lab, Dept Chem, Iraklion, Greece; 3.Fdn Res & Technol Hellas FORTH, Inst Appl & Computat Math, Coastal & Marine Res Lab, Iraklion, Greece; 4.Venizele Hosp Heraklion, Dept Emergency Med, Iraklion, Greece; 5.Univ Crete, Univ Hosp, Sch Med, Dept Pulm Med, Iraklion, Greece
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lorentzou, Christina,Kouvarakis, Giorgos,Kozyrakis, Georgios V.,et al. Extreme desert dust storms and COPD morbidity on the island of Crete[J],2019,14:1763-1767.
APA	Lorentzou, Christina.,Kouvarakis, Giorgos.,Kozyrakis, Georgios V..,Kampanis, Nikolaos A..,Trahanatzi, Irene.,...&Notas, George.(2019).Extreme desert dust storms and COPD morbidity on the island of Crete.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE,14,1763-1767.
MLA	Lorentzou, Christina,et al."Extreme desert dust storms and COPD morbidity on the island of Crete".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE 14(2019):1763-1767.