International Journal of Biometeorology
Hot nights linked to cardiac arrest hospitalizations in Japan
Nighttime heat was associated with a relative risk of 1.090 for emergency hospitalization after cardiac arrest, compared with nights without such heat.Nighttime heat was associated with a relative risk of 1.090 for emergency hospitalization after cardiac arrest, compared with nights without such heat.
Case-control study of 135,898 peoplePopulations
Who was studiedPeople with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, against nights without nighttime heat
What changedEmergency hospitalization after cardiac arrest was more likely after hot nights: relative risk 1.090 compared with nights without nighttime heat
The catchOnly cardiac arrests leading to hospital admission were included