ORIGINAL RESEARCH
The Relationship Between Ear Nose Throat Emergencies and Meteorological Events and the Moon Cycle
Acil Kulak Burun Boğaz Başvurularının Meteorolojik Olaylar ve Ay Döngüsü ile İlişkisi
Received Date : 19 Nov 2019
Accepted Date : 12 Feb 2020
Available Online : 26 Feb 2020
M. Volkan AKDOĞANa, Evren HIZALb, Seda TÜRKOĞLU BABAKURBANb, A. Fuat BÜYÜKLÜb
aBaşkent Üniversitesi Konya Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi, Kulak Burun Boğaz Hastalıkları Kliniği, Konya, TÜRKİYE
bBaşkent Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz Hastalıkları ABD, Ankara, TÜRKİYE
Doi: 10.24179/kbbbbc.2019-72449 - Makale Dili: TR
KBB ve BBC Dergisi. 2020;28(1):22-9
Copyright © 2020 by Turkey Association of Society of Ear Nose Throat and Head Neck Surgery. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
ABSTRACT
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship
between otorhinolaryngologic emergencies except infectious and
traumatic causes and meteorological events and the moon cycle. Material
and Methods: Otorhinolaryngologic emergency applications except
for trauma and infection from January 2013-October 2015, were determined
from database of our hospital. Daily temperature (maximum, minimum
and average) (Co), daily humidity (maximum, minimum and
average) (%), daily maximum and average wind speed (m/min), wind direction
(degree) and daily air pressure (maximum, minimum and average)
(hPa) values and the phases of the new moon (first quarter, full moon and
last quarter) were also determined between the same dates. Results:
There were 11.898 emergency applications due to vertigo, epistaxis and
Bell’s paralysis within 1.034 days and these were accounted for 10.25%
of all ENT applications. Benign paroxymal positional vertigo (BPPV)
patients (n=977) accounted for 10.2% of patients with the complaint of
vertigo. Positive correlation was found between the frequency of BPPV
admission and all pressure and humidity data, while there was a negative
correlation between BPPV and all daily temperature values. When all patients
with vertigo were considered, there was positive correlation between
vertigo and minimum daily pressure, maximum daily humidity
and mean humidity values, while there was negative correlation between
vertigo and all daily temperature data. Negative correlation was found
between daily maximum wind speed and daily average wind speed and
frequency of vertigo and BPPV admissions. Negative correlation was
also found between the frequency of epistaxis and the maximum daily
wind speed. There was no statistically significant relationship between
lunar stages and disease frequency. Conclusion: In this study, it was
demonstrated that meteorological factors were associated with the incidence
of vertigo, BPPV, and epistaxis while there was no relationship between
these conditions and the lunar cycle. The findings of our study
support the studies in the international literature to a great extent.
Keywords: Vertigo; benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; Bell’s palsy, epistaxis, meteorological factors, lunar cycle
ÖZET
Amaç: Enfeksiyöz ve travmatik nedenler dışındaki acil kulak
burun boğaz başvuruları ile meteorolojik faktörler ve ay döngüsü arasındaki
ilişkinin değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntemler:
Hastanemiz veritabanından Ocak 2013-Ekim 2015 tarihleri
arasındaki Kulak Burun Boğaz acil başvuru nedenleri belirlenmiştir.
Aynı tarih aralığındaki günlük sıcaklık (maksimum, minimum ve ortalama)
(Co), günlük nem (maksimum, minimum ve ortalama) (%), günlük
maksimum ve ortalama rüzgâr hızı (m/dakika), rüzgâr yönü (derece)
ve günlük hava basıncı (maksimum, minimum ve ortalama) (hPa) değerleri
ve ayın evreleri olan yeni ay, ilk dördün, dolunay ve son dördün
dönemleri tespit edilmiştir. Bulgular: Toplamda 1034 günlük süre boyunca
vertigo, epistaksis ve Bell paralizisi nedeni ile 11.898 acil başvurusu
olduğu ve bu başvuruların tüm KBB başvurularının %10,25’ini
oluşturduğu tespit edildi. Benign paroksismal pozisyonel vertigo
(BPPV) tanısı alan hastalar (n=977), vertigo yakınması olan hastaların
%10,2’sini oluşturuyordu. BPPV başvuru sıklığı ile tüm basınç ve nem
verileri arasında pozitif korelasyon, günlük sıcaklık değerlerinin tümü ile
ise negatif korelasyon olduğu tespit edildi. Vertigo ile başvuran tüm hastalar
değerlendirildiğinde, vertigo ile günlük minimum basınç, günlük
maksimum nem ve ortalama nem değerleri için pozitif korelasyon tespit
edilirken; tüm günlük sıcaklık verileri arasında ise negatif korelasyon
mevcuttu. Günlük maksimum rüzgâr hızı ve günlük ortalama rüzgâr hızı
ile vertigo ve BPPV başvuru sıklığı arasında negatif korelasyon tespit
edildi. Epistaksis sıklığı ile günlük maksimum rüzgâr hızı arasında da
negatif korelasyon tespit edildi. Ay evreleri ile hastalık sıklığı arasında
istatistiksel olarak anlamlı ilişki tespit edilmedi. Sonuç: Bu çalışmada,
meteorolojik faktörlerin vertigo, BPPV ve epistaksis ile ilişkili olduğu
ortaya konmuş, ancak ay döngüsü ile belirtilen durumların sıklığı arasında
herhangi bir ilişki tespit edilmemiştir. Bu konuda Türkiye’de daha
önce yapılmış bir çalışma mevcut değildir. Çalışmamızda elde edilen
bulgular, literatürdeki çalışmaları büyük ölçüde destekler niteliktedir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Vertigo; benign paroksismal pozisyonel vertigo; Bell paralizisi; epistaksis; meteorolojik faktörler; ay döngüsü
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