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11994111

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-5-7
pubmed:abstractText
This retrospective study aims to search out the influence of temperature, atmospheric pressure and humidity on the frequency of epistaxis. The study includes 701 patients who have suffered from epistaxis and have been treated in the ENT department of the University of Ioannina Hospital, during the years 1995 and 1996. The statistical methods used are simple linear correlation and linear stepwise regression analysis. The results of simple correlation analysis showed that the daily number of epistaxes depends mainly on mean, maximum and minimum temperature and water vapour pressure. The corresponding correlation coefficients are statistically significant, indicating an influence of weather on epistaxis up to 9% of its total variance. By applying stepwise regression analysis, we managed to increase the linear correlation coefficient and the corresponding amount of variance of epistaxis explained by meteorological factors. This percentage was found to approach 20% for the cold period and 10% for the warm period of the year.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0307-7772
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
84-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
The influence of meteorological factors on the frequency of epistaxis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Otorhinolaryngology University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article