The influence of barometric pressure changes and standard meteorological variables on the occurrence and clinical features of subarachnoid hemorrhage

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 264-272

  Setzer, Matthias ^a   Beck, Jürgen ^a   Hermann, Elvis ^a   Raabe, Andreas ^a   Seifert, Volker ^a   Vatter, Hartmut ^a   Marquardt, Gerhard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure changes; SAH clusters; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Weather

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METEOROLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STANDARD; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 33847056311     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.06.060     Document Type: Article

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