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NCT Number: NCT06491290

Modelling of Correlation Between Emergency Department Admissions and Location-specific Air Quality and Weather in the Florence Urban Area

The goal of this observational study is to evaluate the impact of primary air pollutants and weather parameters on emergency department (ED) visits in the metropolitan area of Florence.

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Key information

Conditions

Emergency Service, Hospital Air Pollution Disease Attributes Emergencies Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Weather

Age range

14 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

SOD Medicina e Chirurgia d'Urgenza ed Accettazione, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Careggi

Florence, 50134, Italy

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Peiman Nazerian

CONTACT

[email protected]

About this study

This is a retrospective, single-center, observational cohort study aimed at investigate the impact of primary air pollutant concentrations and weather parameters on emergency department (ED) visits in the metropolitan area of Florence.

Anonymous data for each individual ED visit is retrieved from the hospital medical record. The daily concentrations of PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2 and O3 and the levels of atmospheric pressure, humidity and temperature are recorded by stations of the dedicated local agencies. The relationship between ED daily visits and pollutant concentrations or weather parameters are investigated.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Consecutive emergency department visits within the study period

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients resident outside the metropolitan area investigated
  • Patients admitted to the emergency department for traumatic injuries

Treatment and study plan

No intervention administered

Other

NA (not applicable)

Primary outcomes

  1. number of daily emergency department visits

    Time frame: through study completion, 1 year

    Total number of emergency department visits on a given day

Other outcomes

  1. number of patients with Levels of Urgency (I-V) of emergency department visits

    Time frame: through study completion, 1 year

    Levels of urgency of emergency department visits defined according to the Canadian triage system. With I emergency and V non-urgent visit

  2. Number of patients with the most frequent primary complaints of emergency department visits

    Time frame: through study completion, 1 year

  3. Number of patients hospitalised

    Time frame: through study completion, 1 year

    Admission to a hospital ward

  4. In-hospital mortality

    Time frame: through study completion, 1 year

    Death occurring either in the emergency department or following admission to ward

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Peiman Nazerian

CONTACT

[email protected]

+39 3396122448

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2027
First posted
Jul 9, 2024
Registry last updated
Jul 9, 2024

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