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SEASONAL VARIATION IN HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS DUE TO ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION ACCORDING TO SEX AND AGE IN CHILE

Variación estacional de las hospitalizaciones por infarto agudo de miocardio según sexo y edad en Chile

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dc.contributorInstituto de Salud Poblacional - Escuela de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chilees-ES
dc.creatorNazzal, Carolina; Programa de Epidemiología, Instituto de Salud Poblacional - Escuela de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile
dc.creatorAlonso, Faustino; Programa de Epidemiología, Instituto de Salud Poblacional - Escuela de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile
dc.date2018-10-25
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dc.identifierhttp://www.revistamedicadechile.cl/ojs/index.php/rmedica/article/view/6880
dc.identifier.urihttps://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/111421
dc.descriptionBackground: The incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) varies according to seasonality, being higher in winter. The effect of sex on this phenomenon is not clear. Aim: To evaluate the effect of seasonality in men and women hospitalized for AMI at different ages. Material and methods: We included all patients with a primary diagnosis of AMI admitted in public and private hospitals in Chile during 2002-2011 (codes I21-I22, of the tenth international classification of diseases). We obtained data from the National Discharge databases available at the Ministry of Health website. We estimated the number of discharges per month and per seasonality (cold /template), and the Standardized Incidence Ratio (SIR) with the formula: number of observed cases/expected cases (average annual hospitalizations), stratified by sex and age (en-US
dc.descriptionBackground: The incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) varies according to seasonality, being higher in winter. The effect of sex on this phenomenon is not clear. Aim: To evaluate the effect of seasonality in men and women hospitalized for AMI at different ages. Material and methods: We included all patients with a primary diagnosis of AMI admitted in public and private hospitals in Chile during 2002-2011 (codes I21-I22, of the tenth international classification of diseases). We obtained data from the National Discharge databases available at the Ministry of Health website. We estimated the number of discharges per month and per seasonality (cold /template), and the Standardized Incidence Ratio (SIR) with the formula: number of observed cases/expected cases (average annual hospitalizations), stratified by sex and age (es-ES
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dc.publisherRevista Médica de Chilees-ES
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dc.sourceRevista Médica de Chile; Vol. 146, núm. 11 (2018): NOVIEMBRE 2018es-ES
dc.source0034-9887
dc.subjectChile; Hospitalization; Myocardial Infarction; Seasonsen-US
dc.subjectChile; Hospitalization; Myocardial Infarction; Seasonses-ES
dc.titleSEASONAL VARIATION IN HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS DUE TO ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION ACCORDING TO SEX AND AGE IN CHILEen-US
dc.titleVariación estacional de las hospitalizaciones por infarto agudo de miocardio según sexo y edad en Chilees-ES
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