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Majd, Payman, Ahmad, Wael ORCID: 0000-0001-5090-3468, Luebke, Thomas and Brunkwall, Jan Sigge (2017). The Atmospheric Pressure and Temperature Seem to Have No Effect on the Incidence of Rupture of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in a Mid-European Region. Ann. Vasc. Surg., 42. S. 183 - 189. NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. ISSN 1615-5947

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Abstract

Background: This study aims to examine the relationship between weather changes (atmospheric pressure and temperature) and incidence of rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Methods: All patients with ruptured infrarenal AAA and who were referred to our institution between August 1998 and August 2015 were prospectively entered into a database of which a retrospective review of a ruptured AAA was performed. The needed information about the daily atmospheric pressure and air temperature could be extracted from the meteorological unit in Cologne. Results: During the study period (6,225 days), a total number of 154 patients with confirmed ruptured AAA were identified. Basic patients' characteristics are tabulated. The mean daily atmospheric pressure during the study was 1,004.04 +/- 8.79 mBar ranging from 965.40-1031.80 mBar. The mean atmospheric pressure on the days of rupture was 1,004.03 vs. 1,004.68 on those days when no rupture occurred (P = 0.34). The mean atmospheric pressure on the day of rupture and that on the preceding day was not significantly different (1,004.78 vs. 1,005.44 with P = 0.13). The air temperature (10.62 +/- 6.25 vs. 10.77 +/- 6.83 degrees C, P = 0.787) was equally distributed between days of rupture events and control days. Conclusions: The present study could not show a significant association between the monthly and seasonal difference in atmospheric pressure and the prevalence of AAA rupture as it has been supposed by previous studies.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Majd, Payman UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ahmad, Wael UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-5090-3468 UNSPECIFIED Luebke, Thomas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Brunkwall, Jan Sigge UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-225598
DOI:	10.1016/j.avsg.2016.11.009
Journal or Publication Title:	Ann. Vasc. Surg.
Volume:	42
Page Range:	S. 183 - 189
Date:	2017
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1615-5947
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language RISK; METAANALYSIS; IMPACT Multiple languages Surgery; Peripheral Vascular Disease Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/22559