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Climate change's implications for practice

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT: Climate change is the greatest threat to global health. As climate change worsens, heat waves will be longer, more intense, and more frequent. Increased health risks from climate change and heat waves include heat-related illness (HRI). HRI increases ED visits, hospitalizations, and mortality. Healthcare providers should be aware of the impact of medications on risk for HRI. This article elucidates signs and symptoms, populations at risk, drugs and mechanisms that increase risk, and patient education to reduce risk.

Source: The Nurse Practitioner

DOI: 10.1097/01.npr.0000000000000230

Authors: Kenneth Mueller, Heather Allstrom, Daniel J. Smith, Elizabeth Downes, Lori A. Modly

Institution: Emory University

Language: English

Topic: Climate Change and Health Impacts

Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institutes of Health