Is There a Relationship between Complications of Early Pregnancy and Biometeorological Forecast?
The aim of our study was to connect the possible complications of early pregnancy (miscarriage and symptomatic ectopic pregnancy) up to the 12th week of gestation with biometeorological conditions while assuming a greater number of incidents with an unfavorable biometeorological forecast. We perf...
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| author | Egon Kruezi Dubravko Habek Ana Luetić Ingrid Marton Matija Prka Lidija Srnec Dunja Plačko-Vršnak Vesna Košec Krunoslav Kuna |
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| description | The aim of our study was to connect the possible complications of early pregnancy
(miscarriage and symptomatic ectopic pregnancy) up to the 12th week of gestation with biometeorological
conditions while assuming a greater number of incidents with an unfavorable biometeorological
forecast. We performed a retrospective observational study using medical data of a single
medical center of Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sveti Duh University Hospital and
meteorological data from the Croatian Meteorological and Hydrometeorological Service in Zagreb.
We tracked the number of visits to the gynecology and obstetrics emergency unit on a daily basis
during 2017. Days with five or more visits were selected and underwent further analysis, during which
the number of miscarriages and symptomatic ectopic pregnancies was noted. The information from
the biometeorological forecast was then extracted and added to the database. Our results did not show
a statistically significant difference between the groups determined by biometeorological forecast in
the number of spontaneous abortions or ectopic pregnancy. Also, statistically significant results did not
follow the expected trend of the increasing number of complications related to worse biometeorological
forecast, or vice versa, a decreased number of complications with better forecast. Our single-center
retrospective analysis of emergency unit visits related to weather conditions did not show a connection
between the complications of early pregnancy and biometeorological conditions. However, different
results could emerge in future studies. Considering the large and high-quality database collected for
this study, efforts in researching the connection between other gynecologic pathologies and weather
conditions will be feasible. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-46b039ddac414c0f899c1933c95745252024-04-15T18:30:55ZengSestre Milosrdnice University hospital, Institute of Clinical Medical ResearchActa Clinica Croatica0353-94661333-94512022-01-0161.462963410.20471/acc.2022.61.04.09Is There a Relationship between Complications of Early Pregnancy and Biometeorological Forecast?Egon Kruezi0Dubravko Habek1Ana Luetić2Ingrid Marton3Matija Prka4Lidija Srnec5Dunja Plačko-Vršnak6Vesna Košec7Krunoslav Kuna8Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sveti Duh University Hospital, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, CroatiDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sveti Duh University Hospital, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, CroatiDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sveti Duh University Hospital, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, CroatiDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sveti Duh University Hospital, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, CroatiCroatian Meteorological and Hydrometeorological Service, Zagreb, CroatiaCroatian Meteorological and Hydrometeorological Service, Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, CroatiaThe aim of our study was to connect the possible complications of early pregnancy (miscarriage and symptomatic ectopic pregnancy) up to the 12th week of gestation with biometeorological conditions while assuming a greater number of incidents with an unfavorable biometeorological forecast. We performed a retrospective observational study using medical data of a single medical center of Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sveti Duh University Hospital and meteorological data from the Croatian Meteorological and Hydrometeorological Service in Zagreb. We tracked the number of visits to the gynecology and obstetrics emergency unit on a daily basis during 2017. Days with five or more visits were selected and underwent further analysis, during which the number of miscarriages and symptomatic ectopic pregnancies was noted. The information from the biometeorological forecast was then extracted and added to the database. Our results did not show a statistically significant difference between the groups determined by biometeorological forecast in the number of spontaneous abortions or ectopic pregnancy. Also, statistically significant results did not follow the expected trend of the increasing number of complications related to worse biometeorological forecast, or vice versa, a decreased number of complications with better forecast. Our single-center retrospective analysis of emergency unit visits related to weather conditions did not show a connection between the complications of early pregnancy and biometeorological conditions. However, different results could emerge in future studies. Considering the large and high-quality database collected for this study, efforts in researching the connection between other gynecologic pathologies and weather conditions will be feasible.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/435517BiometeorologyEarly pregnancyEctopic pregnancyMeteorologySpontaneous abortion |
| spellingShingle | Egon Kruezi Dubravko Habek Ana Luetić Ingrid Marton Matija Prka Lidija Srnec Dunja Plačko-Vršnak Vesna Košec Krunoslav Kuna Is There a Relationship between Complications of Early Pregnancy and Biometeorological Forecast? Acta Clinica Croatica Biometeorology Early pregnancy Ectopic pregnancy Meteorology Spontaneous abortion |
| title | Is There a Relationship between Complications of Early Pregnancy and Biometeorological Forecast? |
| title_full | Is There a Relationship between Complications of Early Pregnancy and Biometeorological Forecast? |
| title_fullStr | Is There a Relationship between Complications of Early Pregnancy and Biometeorological Forecast? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is There a Relationship between Complications of Early Pregnancy and Biometeorological Forecast? |
| title_short | Is There a Relationship between Complications of Early Pregnancy and Biometeorological Forecast? |
| title_sort | is there a relationship between complications of early pregnancy and biometeorological forecast |
| topic | Biometeorology Early pregnancy Ectopic pregnancy Meteorology Spontaneous abortion |
| url | https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/435517 |
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