Characterizing pediatric discharge diagnoses associated with daily extreme heat exposure in the Midwestern US: A retrospective case-crossover study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To explore the association between daily extreme heat exposure (daily mean temperature is greater than the 90th percentile for the month) and pediatric (birth to 18 years old) urgent care clinic, emergency department, and inpatient hospitalization discharge diagnoses for any causes and 12 individual morbidities of interest.

Design

A time-stratified, case-crossover study design.

Methods

We analyzed discharge diagnoses from the Saint Louis University-Sisters of St. Mary, a non-profit healthcare system in the United States, using the Virtual Data Warehouse. Our analysis encompassed urgent care clinic visits, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations within a Midwestern healthcare network across Missouri, Wisconsin, the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, and Sou

SUBMITTER: Oerther S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11795778 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature