Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2022.61.04.09

Is There a Relationship between Complications of Early Pregnancy and Biometeorological Forecast?

Egon Kruezi orcid.org/0000-0002-4801-8037 ; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Dubravko Habek ; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sveti Duh University Hospital, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Croati
Ana Luetić ; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sveti Duh University Hospital, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Croati
Ingrid Marton ; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sveti Duh University Hospital, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Croati
Matija Prka ; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sveti Duh University Hospital, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Croati
Lidija Srnec ; Croatian Meteorological and Hydrometeorological Service, Zagreb, Croatia
Dunja Plačko-Vršnak ; Croatian Meteorological and Hydrometeorological Service, Zagreb, Croatia
Vesna Košec ; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Krunoslav Kuna ; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The aim of our study was to connect the possible complications of early pregnancy
(miscarriage and symptomatic ectopic pregnancy) up to the 12th week of gestation with biometeorological
conditions while assuming a greater number of incidents with an unfavorable biometeorological
forecast. We performed a retrospective observational study using medical data of a single
medical center of Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sveti Duh University Hospital and
meteorological data from the Croatian Meteorological and Hydrometeorological Service in Zagreb.
We tracked the number of visits to the gynecology and obstetrics emergency unit on a daily basis
during 2017. Days with five or more visits were selected and underwent further analysis, during which
the number of miscarriages and symptomatic ectopic pregnancies was noted. The information from
the biometeorological forecast was then extracted and added to the database. Our results did not show
a statistically significant difference between the groups determined by biometeorological forecast in
the number of spontaneous abortions or ectopic pregnancy. Also, statistically significant results did not
follow the expected trend of the increasing number of complications related to worse biometeorological
forecast, or vice versa, a decreased number of complications with better forecast. Our single-center
retrospective analysis of emergency unit visits related to weather conditions did not show a connection
between the complications of early pregnancy and biometeorological conditions. However, different
results could emerge in future studies. Considering the large and high-quality database collected for
this study, efforts in researching the connection between other gynecologic pathologies and weather
conditions will be feasible.

Keywords

Biometeorology; Early pregnancy; Ectopic pregnancy; Meteorology; Spontaneous abortion

Hrčak ID:

301955

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/301955

Publication date:

1.12.2022.

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