METHODS: Cross-sectional, retrospective analysis of demographics of 240 patients presenting to The Royal Melbourne Hospital on November 21 to 22, 2016 post thunderstorm-asthma event and clinical characteristics of 70 of those patients who subsequently attended an outpatient clinic review. RESULTS: ...
Since the November 2016 thunderstorm asthma event, Melbourne Pollen has worked closely with the Victorian Department of Health and Bureau of Meteorology to develop and implement a Thunderstorm Asthma forecast system to minimize the impact that any future epidemic thunderstorm asthma events may have on ...
heMelbourne epidemic thunderstorm asthma (ETA) event of 21/22 November 2016 was unprecedented in size and T health impact. There is an urgent need to understand the characteristics of the people who were affected. We therefore sought to characterise the patients with ETAwho attended Austin Health...
At least four people have died and thousands have been taken to hospital with respiratory problems after a "thunderstorm asthma" event in Melbourne on Monday 21 November.Ambulance services and hospital emergency departments were overwhelmed by the unprecedented incident, believed to have been caused by...
thunderstormBackground The world's most catastrophic and deadly thunderstorm asthma epidemic struck Melbourne, Australia, on November 21, 2016. Objective Among thunderstorm‐affected patients presenting to emergency rooms (ERs), we investigated risk factors predicting severe attacks requiring admission to ...
These conditions are shown to be just as important as the concentration of grass pollen for a set of epidemic thunderstorm asthma events in this region. This means that weather model simulations of thunderstorm conditions can be incorporated into the forecasting process for epidemic ...
(1992). Two consecutive thunderstorm associated epidemics of asthma in the city of Melbourne. The possible role of rye grass pollen. Med J Aust. 1992 Jun 15;156(12):834-7.Bellomo R, Gigliotti P, Treloar A, Holmes P, Suphioglu C, Singh MB, et al. Two consecutive thunderstorm associated...
Since the November 2016 thunderstorm asthma event, Melbourne Pollen has worked closely with the Victorian Department of Health and Bureau of Meteorology to develop and implement a Thunderstorm Asthma forecast system to minimize the impact that any future epidemic thunderstorm asthma events may have on ...
Since the November 2016 thunderstorm asthma event, Melbourne Pollen has worked closely with the Victorian Department of Health and Bureau of Meteorology to develop and implement a Thunderstorm Asthma forecast system to minimize the impact that any future epidemic thunderstorm asthma events may have on ...
Since the November 2016 thunderstorm asthma event, Melbourne Pollen has worked closely with the Victorian Department of Health and Bureau of Meteorology to develop and implement a Thunderstorm Asthma forecast system to minimize the impact that any future epidemic thunderstorm asthma events may have on ...