ASSESSMENT OF THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH DISEASES OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL CARE IN UNFAVORABLE WEATHER FACTORS DAYS

Abstract

Relevance. The impact of weather factors on the occurrence of exacerbations of diseases in weather-dependent people is currently one of the actively studied problems of medicine. A number of authors draw attention to the need to correct the functional status of weather-dependent patients with cardiovascular diseases in unfavorable weather conditions. Aim: to assess the possible relationship between the manifestations of exacerbations of cardiovascular pathology and adverse weather factors. Material and methods. The materials of the regional center for Hydrometeorology and environmental monitoring were used, and a database was formed that includes information on the average daily, maximum and minimum atmospheric air temperatures, and atmospheric pressure for each day of 2018. Results. Meteorological risk factors for exacerbation of cardiovascular diseases in the Central European part of Russia include uncharacteristic heat (above +30 0C) or severe frost (below -20 0C), sudden changes in air temperature (by 8 0C or more, both in the direction of its increase and decrease), atmospheric pressure drops of more than 6 mm Hg during the day. It is established that the range of changes in meteorological indicators during the annual cycle is quite wide. Conclusions. Evaluation of the relationship between the treatment of patients with leading forms of cardiovascular diseases for medical care and meteorological indicators (average daily, maximum and minimum atmospheric air temperatures, atmospheric pressure) showed that with the advance of the case of the disease by 1 day (hypertensive disease without heart failure, brain vascular lesions, cerebrovascular disease, hypertensive disease with heart failure, angina pectoris), statistically significant links of weak and moderate strength were revealed.