Seasonal, Weather, and Temporal Factors in the Prediction of Admission to a Pediatric Trauma Center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Our objective is to identify seasonal and weather trends associated with pediatric trauma admissions.

Methods

We reviewed all trauma activations leading to admission in patients ≤18 years admitted to a regional pediatric trauma center from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2015. We reviewed climatologic measures of the mean temperature, mean visibility, and precipitation for each admission in the 6 h prior to each presentation in addition to time of arrival, weekday/weekend presentation, and season. We used a negative binomial regression model with multivariable analysis to estimate associations between weather and rate of trauma admissions. Results were presented as incidence rate ratios (IRR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI).

Results

In total, 3856 encou

SUBMITTER: Ramgopal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7237022 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature