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Emerg Med Int . A Machine Learning-Based Study of the Effects of Air Pollution and Weather in Respiratory Disease Patients Visiting Emergency Depart

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Emerg Med Int


. 2022 Feb 2;2022:4462018.
doi: 10.1155/2022/4462018. eCollection 2022.
A Machine Learning-Based Study of the Effects of Air Pollution and Weather in Respiratory Disease Patients Visiting Emergency Departments


Eu Sun Lee[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jung-Youn Kim[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Young-Hoon Yoon[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Seoung Bum Kim[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Hyungu Kahng[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jinhyeok Park[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jaehoon Kim[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Minjae Lee[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Haeun Hwang[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Sung Joon Park[SUP] 1 [/SUP]



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Abstract

Background: To date, investigating respiratory disease patients visiting the emergency departments related with fined dust is limited. This study aimed to analyze the effects of two variable-weather and air pollution on respiratory disease patients who visited emergency departments.
Methods: This study utilized the National Emergency Department Information System (NEDIS) database. The meteorological data were obtained from the National Climate Data Service. Each weather factor reflected the accumulated data of 4 days: a patient's visit day and 3 days before the visit day. We utilized the RandomForestRegressor of scikit-learn for data analysis.
Result: The study included 525,579 participants. This study found that multiple variables of weather and air pollution influenced the respiratory diseases of patients who visited emergency departments. Most of the respiratory disease patients had acute upper respiratory infections [J00-J06], influenza [J09-J11], and pneumonia [J12-J18], on which PM[SUB]10[/SUB] following temperature and steam pressure was the most influential. As the top three leading causes of admission to the emergency department, pneumonia [J12-J18], acute upper respiratory infections [J00-J06], and chronic lower respiratory diseases [J40-J47] were highly influenced by PM[SUB]10[/SUB].
Conclusion: Most of the respiratory patients visiting EDs were diagnosed with acute upper respiratory infections, influenza, and pneumonia. Following temperature, steam pressure and PM[SUB]10[/SUB] had influential relations with these diseases. It is expected that the number of respiratory disease patients visiting the emergency departments will increase by day 3 when the steam pressure and temperature values are low, and the variables of air pollution are high. The number of respiratory disease patients visiting the emergency departments will increase by day 3 when the steam pressure and temperature values are low, and the variables of air pollution are high.
 
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