An evaluation of childhood carbon monoxide intoxications in a rural area using the Beaufort wind scale

Climatic changes are known to affect CO intoxications. The purpose of this study was to examine childhood CO intoxications with the Beaufort wind scale (BWS) classification of wind speeds. The demographic data (age and sex) and information concerning the hour, day, and month of presentation to the e...

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Published in:Environmental monitoring and assessment 2023-10, Vol.195 (10), p.1204-1204, Article 1204
Main Authors: Bucak, Ibrahim Hakan, Tanrıverdi, Hüseyin, Kılıç, Fedli Emre
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Beaufort scale
Carbon monoxide
Children
Climate change
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Ecotoxicology
Emergencies
Emergency medical care
Emergency medical services
Environment
Environmental Management
Environmental monitoring
Evaluation
Hospitals
Intoxication
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Pediatrics
Rural areas
Wind measurement
Wind speed
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Summary:Climatic changes are known to affect CO intoxications. The purpose of this study was to examine childhood CO intoxications with the Beaufort wind scale (BWS) classification of wind speeds. The demographic data (age and sex) and information concerning the hour, day, and month of presentation to the emergency department for cases diagnosed with CO intoxication over a 7-year period between 2015 and 2021 in the pediatric emergency department of a tertiary training and research hospital in a rural area were examined. Wind speeds (m/s) measured on the days of presentation to the emergency department were recorded. The wind category on the BWS on the day of intoxication was then determined. Four hundred twenty-two patients, with a mean age of 95.12 ± 59.4 (1–215) months, 218 (51.7%) girls and 204 (48.3%) boys were diagnosed with CO intoxication over the 7-year study period. A comparison of wind speeds on the days of presentation to hospital revealed a significantly higher wind speed in 2020 than in the other years ( p
ISSN:0167-6369
1573-2959
DOI:10.1007/s10661-023-11748-y