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ArticleBMJ public health2025

Case-crossover assessment of the modifying effects of home medication use on acute kidney-related morbidity due to elevated ambient heat exposure in Atlanta, GA, from 2013 to 2019.

Zachary McCann, Haisu Zhang, Kenneth Mueller, Yaoyao Qian, Morgan Lane, Rohan Dsouza, E Jennifer Weil, Stefanie Ebelt, Noah Scovronick, Howard H Chang

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Zachary McCannGangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0886-2882
Haisu ZhangGangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Kenneth MuellerEmory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Yaoyao QianAllergy and Lung Health Unit, The University of Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Morgan LaneGangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Rohan DsouzaDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
E Jennifer WeilDepartment of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Stefanie EbeltGangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4713-2337
Noah ScovronickGangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Howard H ChangDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Funding

Pilot Project ProgramP30ES019776 · NIEHS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI William Michael Caudle · 2013 to 2026
$22.6M
Climate & Health Actionable Research and Translation CenterP20ES036110 · NIEHS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI LIU, YANG · 2023 to 2023
$3.9M
Heat and Acute Kidney Injury: A Detailed Assessment using Electronic Medical Records and High-Resolution Exposure ModelingR01DK133650 · NIDDK · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Stefanie Ebelt · 2022 to 2026
$2.4M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK133650NIEHS NIH HHS P20 ES036110NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES019776
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Elevated ambient temperatures increase the risk for acute kidney-related morbidity, and medication use may increase vulnerability to heat exposure. This study examines whether medication use, and combination medication use (ie, polypharmacy), modifies the risk for temperature-related volume depletion (VD) and acute kidney injury (AKI). Methods: This study uses patient-level emergency department (ED) visit data from four Atlanta-area hospitals during the warm season from 2013 to 2019. ED patient-visits who reported a medication were matched with up to five ED patient-visits without the medication. Medications included angiotensin converting enzymes and angiotensin receptor blockers (ACE/ARBs), anti-depressants, anti-convulsants, β-blockers, diuretics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and statins. A case-crossover framework is used to estimate associations between daily maximum temperature, medication use and VD/AKI ED visits. Results: There were 14 635 VD and 18 716 AKI ED visits in this study. For a change in ambient temperature (lags 0-2) from the 50 Conclusion: Results show that both single and combined medication use are associated with elevated risk for VD and AKI during periods of elevated ambient temperature.

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Environmental ExposureEpidemiologyPreventive MedicinePublic Health

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PMID40444028
PMCPMC12121569

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