TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of the 2009 Melbourne heatwave on a major public hospital
AU - Linstrom, Steven James
AU - Nagalingam, V
AU - Newnham, Harvey
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In the week following the onset of the 2009 heatwave in Melbourne, Australia, The Alfred Hospital observed a significant increase in total hospital admissions (adjusted incidence rate ratio (IRR) 1.11, P = 0.046), emergency department presentations (IRR 1.15, P <0.01) and general medical admissions (IRR 1.81, P <0.01). Under the general medical unit there was a rise in the number of deaths (IRR 3.9, P <0.01), and patients with a broad range of disorders, particularly of the endocrine/metabolic (IRR 2.2, P <0.01), circulatory (IRR 1.9, P <0.01) and genitourinary (IRR 2.6, P <0.01) systems. ? 2013 The Authors; Internal Medicine Journal ? 2013 Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
AB - In the week following the onset of the 2009 heatwave in Melbourne, Australia, The Alfred Hospital observed a significant increase in total hospital admissions (adjusted incidence rate ratio (IRR) 1.11, P = 0.046), emergency department presentations (IRR 1.15, P <0.01) and general medical admissions (IRR 1.81, P <0.01). Under the general medical unit there was a rise in the number of deaths (IRR 3.9, P <0.01), and patients with a broad range of disorders, particularly of the endocrine/metabolic (IRR 2.2, P <0.01), circulatory (IRR 1.9, P <0.01) and genitourinary (IRR 2.6, P <0.01) systems. ? 2013 The Authors; Internal Medicine Journal ? 2013 Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24237648
U2 - 10.1111/imj.12275
DO - 10.1111/imj.12275
M3 - Article
SN - 1444-0903
VL - 43
SP - 1246
EP - 1250
JO - Internal Medicine Journal
JF - Internal Medicine Journal
IS - 11
ER -