Hazardous heat exposure among incarcerated people in the United States

C Tuholske, VD Lynch, R Spriggs, Y Ahn… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Climate change is predicted to increase the frequency of potentially hazardous heat
conditions across the United States, putting the incarcerated population of 2 million at risk for …

Nephrologists should talk to their patients about climate change

DS Goldfarb - Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Climate change became more real, more observable, more palpable, in 2023, the warmest
year in recorded history, and in the last hundreds of thousands of years. The health …

Heat-related first cardiovascular event incidence in the city of Madrid (Spain): Vulnerability assessment by demographic, socioeconomic, and health indicators

C Salvador, P Gullón, M Franco… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
While climate change and population ageing are expected to increase the exposure and
vulnerability to extreme heat events, there is emerging evidence suggesting that social …

Associations between short-term exposure to PM2. 5, NO2 and O3 pollution and kidney-related conditions and the role of temperature-adjustment specification: a case …

L Chu, K Chen, Q Di, S Crowley, R Dubrow - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Epidemiologic evidence on the relationship between air pollution and kidney disease
remains inconclusive. We evaluated associations between short-term exposure to PM 2.5 …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between heat waves and chronic kidney disease in China: The modifying role of land cover

W Wang, F Wang, C Yang, J Wang, Z Liang… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
The increasing frequency of heat waves under the global urbanization and climate change
background poses elevating risks of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Nevertheless, there has …

Short-term impact of extreme temperatures, relative humidity and air pollution on emergency hospital admissions due to kidney disease and kidney-related conditions …

JA López-Bueno, J Díaz, A Padrón-Monedero… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
While some studies report a possible association between heat waves and kidney disease
and kidney-related conditions, there still is no consistent scientific consensus on the matter …

A unified framework for assessing interaction effects among environmental exposures in epidemiologic studies: a case study on temperature, air pollution, and kidney …

L Chu, K Chen, Z Yang, S Crowley, R Dubrow - Environmental Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Background There are various methods to assess interaction effects. However, current
methods have limitations, and quantification of interaction effects is rarely performed. This …

Preparing for stormy weather: building VA health system resilience for dialysis emergency preparedness in the era of climate change

DA Martin, P Brewster, ST Crowley - Current Opinion in …, 2025 - journals.lww.com
This review discusses the adverse impact of climate change-related natural disasters on the
delivery of dialysis services, and the evolving EP-DM strategies developed and …

[HTML][HTML] Association between heat and upper urinary tract stones morbidity and medical costs: A study in the subtropical humid climate zone

CL Yang, JZ Bao, P Bi, YD Zhang, CM Tan… - Advances in Climate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Urolithiasis is a heat-specific disease. Exploring heat-related urolithiasis susceptibility
subtypes, economic burden, and modifying factors could assist governments in targeting …

[HTML][HTML] Extreme heat impacts on acute care: Examining emergency department visits and hospital admissions during the 2021 British Columbia heatwave

DG Clark, EH Jackson, CM Hohl, KE Liang - The Journal of Climate Change …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalization patterns shifted
dramatically during the 2021 extreme heat event (EHE) across the Greater Vancouver Area …