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...
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 ...
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 ...
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 wit...
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...
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