Combined Impacts of Weather Conditions and COPD on the Risk for Community-Acquired Pneumonia
- 1Philipps University of Marburg, Geography, Germany
- 2Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University Medical Center Giessen and Marburg, Philipps University of Marburg (UMR), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, Germany.
- 3Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Lübeck, 23538 Lübeck, Germany
- 4Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Infectious Diseases, Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Ger-man Center for Lung Research (DZL), Germany
- 5Medical Department I, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Goethe University Hospi-tal, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, “Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL)”
- 6Institute for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
- 7Institute for Lung Research, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Centre, Philipps-University Marburg, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, Germany.
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of the most frequent causes of death among infectious diseases worldwide. Analyzing a dataset of 5,223 CAP patients in a German multicenter cohort study, our research uniquely explores the twofold combined impact of meteorological conditions, air quality conditions, and pre-existing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on CAP admissions. Both the twofold compound effect of absolute values of meteorological and air quality conditions and, even more, their day-to-day changes significantly influence CAP admissions. Our study emphasizes the important role of air quality conditions over meteorological conditions in contributing to increased CAP admissions, with these weather conditions exerting their influence with a lag time of approximately three to four days. Individuals with pre-existing COPD face the highest risk of CAP admission in the general cohort. The implications of our findings extend to supporting at-risk individuals through protective measures and providing healthcare providers with valuable insights for resource planning during pneumonia-inducing weather conditions.
How to cite: Brenner, T., Link, A.-C., Reudenbach, C., Bendix, J., Weckler, B., Pott, H., Rupp, J., Witzenrath, M., Rohde, G., Pletz, M., Bertrams, W., and Schmeck, B.: Combined Impacts of Weather Conditions and COPD on the Risk for Community-Acquired Pneumonia, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-1878, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-1878, 2024.
