Extreme Humid-Heat Exposure and Mortality Among Patients Receiving Dialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

Exposure to extreme heat events has been linked to increased morbidity and mortality in the general population. Patients receiving maintenance dialysis may be vulnerable to greater risks from these events, but this is not well understood. We characterized the association of extreme heat events and the risk of death among patients receiving dialysis in the United States.

Study design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting & participants

Data from the US Renal Data System were used to identify adults living in US urban settlements prone to extreme heat who initiated maintenance dialysis between 1997 and 2016.

Exposure

An extreme heat event, defined as a time-updated heat index (a humid-heat metric) exceeding 40.6°C for≥2 days or 46.1°C for≥1day

SUBMITTER: Blum MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11499041 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature