Thunderstorm asthmaallergic asthmarhinitisryegrassRATIONALE: On November 21, 2016 in Australia, a major thunderstorm-asthma epidemic struck Melbourne with an unprecedented number of emergency presentations, hospital admissions and fatalities. OBJECTIVES: We identified affected patients who presented to The ...
But for hay fever sufferers, spring meanspollen- especiallygrasspollen. This can trigger serious allergies in many, and in rare cases can be fatal. For hay fever sufferers and asthmatics, the Melbourne Pollen Count is an indispensable resource to help manage their symptoms and protect their he...
Thunderstorm asthma is relatively a rare phenomenon. However, it sharply increases the demand for medical resources resulting in increased prehospital deaths (Andrew et al., 2017). During the 2016 outbreak of thunderstorm asthma in Melbourne, for example, several out-of-hospital deaths were reported...
In fall 2016, when strong storms moved across southeastern Australia, a major thunderstorm asthma epidemic struck Melbourne and the surrounding area. High grasspollenconcentrations dispersed by strong, gusty winds led to multiple deaths and a flood of residents seeking medical attention for respiratory p...
MELBOURNE, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- An eighth person has died following a freak thunderstorm asthma event that hit Victoria in November. Victoria's Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) confirmed that Ranjith Peiris, 57, was the eight person to die as a result of the storm which occur...
The recent Melbourne thunderstorm asthma event has led some people to question what made this hay fever season so bad and how this tragic event occurred.
asthmaemergencyepidemicethnicityhospitalizationIndianrhinitisthunderstormBackground 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 ...
BackgroundEpidemic thunderstorm asthma (ETSA) refers to large-scale acute bronchospasm events associated with thunderstorm. The most serious episode ever recorded occurred in Melbourne, Australia, in November 2016, where more than 3500 patients were treated in hospitals and 10 died. Previous work has...
Conclusion: This study supports the view that GP services made a substantial contribution to the emergency response on the evening of the TA epidemic that occurred in Melbourne in 2016. Demands on resources were considerable during and after the epidemic yet GP staff showed great resilience ...
We therefore sought to characterise the patients with ETAwho attended Austin Health, ametropolitan teaching hospital in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, during the event, and to compare them with patients with severe asthma.doi:10.5694/mja17.00780Sutherland Michael F...