Pooled cumulative 6-day relative risks (RR) of emergency room visit among patients survived with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in association with daily average temperature for subjects comorbid with hypertension, ischemic heart disease, heart disease, and stroke.

Pooled cumulative 6-day relative risks (RR) of emergency room visit among patients survived with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in association with daily average temperature for subjects comorbid with hypertension, ischemic heart disease, heart disease, and stroke.</p

Pre-existing comorbidity modify emergency room visit for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in association with ambient environments - Fig 3

Pooled cumulative 6-day relative risks (RR) of emergency room visit among patients survived with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in association with daily average temperature for all patients (left), patients younger than 65 years (center), and the elderly (right).</p

Boxplot of daily average temperature by study area in Taiwan.

Boxplot of daily average temperature by study area in Taiwan.</p

Pooled and area-specific cumulative 6-day relative risks (RR) of emergency room visit among patients survived with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest associated with 18 and 30°C environment.

Pooled and area-specific cumulative 6-day relative risks (RR) of emergency room visit among patients survived with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest associated with 18 and 30°C environment.</p

Mean daily OHCA cases reported by temperature for associated groups by age and comorbidity.

Mean daily OHCA cases reported by temperature for associated groups by age and comorbidity.</p

Locations of weather and ambient air quality monitoring stations and population density in Taiwan.

Locations of weather and ambient air quality monitoring stations and population density in Taiwan.</p

Ambient environment factors significantly associated with daily emergency room visit for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Taiwan.

Ambient environment factors significantly associated with daily emergency room visit for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Taiwan.</p

Pooled and area-specific cumulative 6-day relative risks (RR) of emergency room visit among patients survived with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in association with particulate matter less than 10μm in aerodynamic diameter at 125 μg/m³ (reference at 9 μg/m³) and particulate matter less than 2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter at 35 μg/m³ (reference at 3μg/m³).

Pooled and area-specific cumulative 6-day relative risks (RR) of emergency room visit among patients survived with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in association with particulate matter less than 10μm in aerodynamic diameter at 125 μg/m3 (reference at 9 μg/m3) and particulate matter less than 2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter at 35 μg/m3 (reference at 3μg/m3).</p

Daily average emergency room visit for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (standard deviation) in Taiwan, 2005–2011.

Daily average emergency room visit for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (standard deviation) in Taiwan, 2005–2011.</p