Effects of high temperature on children's emergency admissions during summer from 2016 to 2018 in Beijing

ZHONG Yu; CHEN Chen; WANG Qing; LI Tiantian

doi:10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2021.09.006

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ZHONG Yu, CHEN Chen, WANG Qing, LI Tiantian. Effects of high temperature on children's emergency admissions during summer from 2016 to 2018 in Beijing[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2021, 42(9): 1297-1301. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2021.09.006

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ZHONG Yu, CHEN Chen, WANG Qing, LI Tiantian. Effects of high temperature on children's emergency admissions during summer from 2016 to 2018 in Beijing[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2021, 42(9): 1297-1301. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2021.09.006

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Effects of high temperature on children's emergency admissions during summer from 2016 to 2018 in Beijing

doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2021.09.006

China CDC Key Laboratory of Environment and Population Health, National Institute of Environmental Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing(100021), China

Received Date: 2021-03-04
Rev Recd Date: 2021-05-23

Available Online: 2021-09-24

Publish Date: 2021-09-24

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Objective To explore the adverse effects of high temperature on emergency admissions of children during the summer in Beijing. Methods Child emergency admissions was collected from 30 hospitals in Beijing during the summer of 2016-2018, as well as data related to meteorological factors and air pollutant concentrations. A generalized linear model was used to analyze the association between the daily mean temperature and emergency admissions of children due to total non-accidental diseases, circulatory diseases, and respiratory diseases during the summer in Beijing. Results During the summer of 2016 to 2018 in Beijing, the daily mean temperature was (24.06±3.59)℃, and the daily mean relative humidity was (65.08±17.45)%. Every 1 ℃ increase in the daily mean temperature on the day of exposure had a significant effect on emergency admissions of children, aged 0-14 years old, due to total non-accidental diseases and respiratory diseases in Beijing, such that the risk of emergency admissions increased by 0.21, 0.64 times, respectively. The effect of high temperature on emergency admissions due to circulatory diseases was not significant. High temperature had inconsistent effects on emergency admissions of children from different age groups. Among them, the largest increase in the risk of emergency admissions due to total non-accidental diseases was observed among children aged 5-9 years old, while children aged 0-4 were vulnerable to emergency admissions for respiratory diseases, and emergency admissions for circulatory diseases were the highest among children aged 10-14. Conclusion High temperature had a significant effect on emergency admissions of children during the summer in Beijing. Pediatric respiratory diseases are sensitive diseases that are associated with a high temperature in summer, and greater attention should be given to this issue.
- Temperature,
- Humidity,
- Emergency treatment,
- Regression analysis,
- Child

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