Association between Temperature Change and Outpatient Visits for Respiratory Tract Infections among Children in Guangzhou, China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15499991 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yu Liu (0000-0002-0016-2902, Guangzhou Women and Children Medical Center), Yong Guo (0000-0002-2599-6970, Sun Yat-sen University), Changbing Wang (Guangzhou Women and Children Medical Center), Weidong Li (0000-0003-2754-2726, Sun Yat-sen University), Jinhua Lu (0000-0002-3699-9894, Guangzhou Women and Children Medical Center), Songying Shen (0000-0002-1329-316X, Sun Yat-sen University), Song-ying Shen (Guangzhou Medical University), Huimin Xia (0000-0002-0103-1672, Sun Yat-sen University), Jianrong He (0000-0003-3837-5126, Guangzhou Medical University), Xiu Qiu (0000-0003-1248-229X, Guangzhou Women and Children Medical Center, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 439-454 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph120100439 |
| PMID | 25568973 |
| PMCID | PMC4306872 |
| OpenAlex | W2039234383 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 49 |
The current study examined the association between temperature change and clinical visits for childhood respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in Guangzhou, China. Outpatient records of clinical visits for pediatric RTIs, which occurred from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2013, were collected from Guangzhou Women and Children's Hospital. Records for meteorological variables during the same period were obtained from the Guangzhou Meteorological Bureau. Temperature change was defined as the difference between the mean temperatures on two consecutive days. A distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM) was used to examine the impact of temperature change on pediatric outpatient visits for RTIs. A large temperature decrease was associated with a significant risk for an RTI, with the effect lasting for ~10 days. The maximum effect of a temperature drop (-8.8 °C) was reached at lag 2~3 days. Children aged 0-2 years, and especially those aged <1 year, were particularly vulnerable to the effects of temperature drop. An extreme temperature decrease affected the number of patient visits for both upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) and lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs). A temperature change between consecutive days, and particularly an extreme temperature decrease, was significantly associated with increased pediatric outpatient visits for RTIs in Guangzhou
Distributed lag · Outpatient visits · Respiratory system · Respiratory tract · Respiratory tract infections · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Asthma and respiratory diseases · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Medicine · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 0,91 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |