Do Meteorological Changes Have an Effect on The Occurence of Spontaneous Pneumothorax?

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dc.contributor.authorOruc, Menduh
dc.contributor.authorSahin, Atalay
dc.contributor.authorDursun, Recep
dc.contributor.authorTaylan, Mahsuk
dc.contributor.authorErbey, Ahmet
dc.contributor.authorMeteroglu, Fatih
dc.contributor.authorOzturk, Bulent
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T17:27:55Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T17:27:55Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVES: Spontaneous pneumothorax refers to the leakage of air into the space between the parietal and the visceral layers of the pleura. It occurs with or without a known lung disease. We aimed to investigate the effects of atmospheric pressure, humidity, and temperature changes on the incidence of spontaneous pneumothorax (SP). MATERIAL AND METHODS: This study included 551 patients with spontaneous pneumothorax retrospectively screened between January 2009 and December 2013. The medical data of the patients were accessed via their medical records on the hospital automation system. The atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity rate, amount of precipitation, and wind velocity on the day of spontaneous pneumothorax were obtained from the data provided by the general directorate of meteorology. The three consecutive days on which at least 2 cases of SP presented were collectively considered as a cluster. The study data were analyzed with the SPSS version 15 software package, using the Chi-square and the Student's t tests. A p value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: Of the 552 patients included in the study, 89.3% had primary spontaneous pneumothorax and 10.7% had secondary spontaneous pneumothorax. Ninety-two percent of the patients were male and 8% were female. The mean age was 24 years. Clustering was observed in 71.7% of the study population. No significant differences were observed between yearly and monthly SP incidences. There were, however, differences between the days with SP and the days without SP with respect to atmospheric pressure, ambient temperature, wind velocity, and humidity rate. The differences between the atmospheric pressures were not statistically significant, although the differences between the ambient temperature and the humidity rate were statistically significant (p=0.05). CONCLUSION: We determined that the changes in the ambient temperature and the humidity rate affected the rate of spontaneous pneumothorax by altering the meteorological conditions.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.5578/ttj.30502
dc.identifier.endpage92en_US
dc.identifier.issn1302-7808
dc.identifier.issn1308-5387
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.pmid29404132
dc.identifier.startpage89en_US
dc.identifier.trdizinid229262
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5578/ttj.30502
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/229262
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/20254
dc.identifier.volume17en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000382763800002
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBilimsel Tip Publishing Houseen_US
dc.relation.ispartofTurkish Thoracic Journal
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectAtmospheric Pressureen_US
dc.subjectTemperatureen_US
dc.subjectPneumothorax-Humidityen_US
dc.subjectAmount Of Precipitationen_US
dc.subjectSpontaneousen_US
dc.titleDo Meteorological Changes Have an Effect on The Occurence of Spontaneous Pneumothorax?en_US
dc.titleDo Meteorological Changes Have an Effect on The Occurence of Spontaneous Pneumothorax?
dc.typeArticleen_US

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