Department of Thoracic Surgery, Karadeniz Technical University Medical School, Trabzon, Turkey.
Int J Biometeorol. 2017 Aug;61(8):1493-1498. doi: 10.1007/s00484-017-1327-z. Epub 2017 Mar 3.
The relationship of climate changes or weather conditions with the incidence of pneumothorax has been explored for many years. We aimed at revealing the effects of meteorological changes on the incidence of pneumothorax in the Eastern Black Sea region where spontaneous pneumothorax cases are seen relatively more frequently. The records of 195 subjects (179 males and 16 females) who had been monitored and treated due to spontaneous pneumothorax between January 2006 and December 2012 at our clinic were reviewed retrospectively, and their relationship was investigated with the meteorological data obtained by going through the database archive records of the 11th Regional Meteorology Directorate for the years between 2006 and 2012. Wind velocity was observed to be less in the days of having spontaneous pneumothorax than in the days of having no spontaneous pneumothorax, and the difference was found statistically significant (P = 0.026). The people of our region whose active lifestyle is reflected in their working life, social life, and even in their folk dances usually take a rest in the days of slower wind speed. We think that this state of resting leads to an increase in the frequency of spontaneous pneumothorax.
多年来，人们一直在探索气候变化或天气条件与气胸发病率之间的关系。我们旨在揭示气象变化对自发性气胸发病率的影响，因为在东黑海地区，自发性气胸病例相对更为常见。我们回顾性分析了 2006 年 1 月至 2012 年 12 月在我们诊所因自发性气胸而接受监测和治疗的 195 名患者（179 名男性和 16 名女性）的记录，并通过查看 2006 年至 2012 年第 11 区域气象局的数据库档案记录获得气象数据，对其进行了调查。结果发现，发生自发性气胸的日子里风速比没有自发性气胸的日子里小，且差异具有统计学意义（P=0.026）。我们地区的人们在工作生活、社会生活甚至民间舞蹈中都表现出积极的生活方式，他们通常在风速较慢的日子里休息。我们认为这种休息状态会导致自发性气胸的发作频率增加。
