asthmaemergencyepidemicethnicityhospitalizationIndianrhinitisthunderstormBackground The world's most catastrophic and deadly thunderstorm asthma epidemic struck Melbourne, Australia, on November 21st 2016. Objective Among thunderstorm゛ffected patients presenting to emergency rooms (ERs), we investigated risk ...
Thunderstorm asthma events have been reported aboutevery seven years in Melbourne since 1984. With population increases, there are many more people living in the north and west of the city who are exposed to the particular weather conditions that cause thunderstorm asthma. In Melbourne, thunderstorm ...
However, during the fateful storm, not much lightning struck within Melbourne itself, where most of the asthma attacks occured, but instead fell to the east and south of the city, the Australian news outlet 9News reported. So while there seemed to be some correlation between the lightning stri...
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 ...
Francis, Thien,Paul J,etc.The Melbourne epidemic thunderstorm asthma event 2016: an investigation of environmental triggers, effect on health services, and patient risk factors.[J].2018,2(6).Thien, F.; Beggs, P.J.; Csutoros, D.; Darvall, J.; Hew, M.; Davies, J.M.; Bardin, P.G...
allergic 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 Royal Melbourne ...
This means that weather model simulations of thunderstorm conditions can be incorporated into the forecasting process for epidemic asthma in Melbourne, Australia. We also investigate long-term variability in atmospheric conditions associated with severe thunderstorms, including relationships wi...
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...