Associations Between Temperature and Location of Injury or Condition Among Heat-Related Emergency Department Visits.

ABSTRACT: High ambient temperature poses significant health risk globally. However, the relative importance of different exposure pathways leading to health risks remains unclear. For 9 US states during 2016-2018, ED visit records for heat exhaustion and heat stroke (HEAT), fluid and electrolyte imbalance (FEI), volume depletion (VD), and acute kidney injury (AKI) were identified via diagnosis codes. Co-diagnosed Y92 subcodes (Y codes) were used to categorize the patient's location at the time of injury or condition. Logistic regressions were used to estimate nonlinear associations between same-day temperature and Y codes for 11 non-residential versus residential locations among heat-related ED visits, including stratified analyses by patient age, race, and ethnicity. Odds ratios (OR) were calculate

SUBMITTER: Li C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11996291 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature