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Acute kidney injury emergency hospitalization

Disease

1 paper studies it2 findings

  • Humans1

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Heat exposure

upin humans1RR 2.21

1 study

  1. Heat exposure is associated with acute kidney injury emergency hospitalization in humans (RR 2.21, 95% CI 2.00–2.43).

    “Both extreme cold (first percentile) and heat (99th percentile) were associated with an increased risk of AKI emergency hospitalizations”

    Humans99th percentile of ambient temperaturelag days 0–13

    Extreme heat and cold linked to kidney injury admissions in Japan

    Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology

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Cold exposure

upin humans1RR 1.24

1 study

  1. Cold exposure is associated with acute kidney injury emergency hospitalization in humans (RR 1.24, 95% CI 1.09–1.40).

    “Both extreme cold (first percentile) and heat (99th percentile) were associated with an increased risk of AKI emergency hospitalizations”

    Humansfirst percentile of ambient temperaturelag days 0–13

    Extreme heat and cold linked to kidney injury admissions in Japan

    Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology

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Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology

Extreme heat and cold linked to kidney injury admissions in Japan

Relative risks of emergency hospitalization were 1.24 for extreme cold and 2.21 for extreme heat in an analysis of 119,027 admissions.Relative risks of emergency hospitalization were 1.24 for extreme cold and 2.21 for extreme heat in an analysis of 119,027 admissions.

Case-control study of 119,027 peopleKidney
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