The effect of heat waves on hospital admissions for renal disease in a temperate city of Australia

Hansen, Alana; Bi, Peng; Ryan, Philip; Nitschke, Monika; Pisaniello, Dino; Tucker, Graeme

doi:10.1093/ije/dyn165

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The effect of heat waves on hospital admissions for renal disease in a temperate city of Australia

Published in International Journal of Epidemiology • Aug 18, 2008

Authors:

Alana Hansen

Peng Bi

Philip Ryan

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A rarely investigated consequence of heat exposure is renal dysfunction resulting from dehydration and hyperthermia. Our study aims to quantify the relationship between exposure to extreme high temperatures and renal morbidity in South Australia. METHODS: Poisson regression accounting fo...

Subject

Medicine

Dialysis

Poisson regression

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