No Calm After the Storm: A Systematic Review of Human Health Following Flood and Storm Disasters.

摘要: Introduction How the burden of disease varies during different phases after floods and storms is essential in order to guide a medical response, but it has not been well-described. The objective this review was elucidate health problems following flood storm disasters. Methods A literature search databases Medline (US National Library Medicine, Institutes Health; Bethesda, Maryland USA); Cinahl (EBSCO Information Services; Ipswich, Massachusetts Global Health Web Science Core Collection (Thomson Reuters; New York, York Embase (Elsevier; Amsterdam, Netherlands); PubMed (National Center for Biotechnology Information, USA) conducted June 2015 English-language research articles on morbidity or mortality Articles mental health, interventions, rescue care workers were excluded. Data extracted from that met eligibility criteria analyzed by narrative synthesis. Results included 113 studies. Poisonings, wounds, gastrointestinal infections, skin soft tissue infections all increased storms. Gastrointestinal more frequent floods. Leptospirosis diabetes-related complications both. majority changes occurred within four weeks Conclusion differently There lack data effects alone, long-term strength association between disasters problems. This highlights areas consideration response need high-quality, systematic area. Saulnier DD , Brolin Ribacke K von Schreeb J . No Calm After Storm: Systematic Review Human Following Flood Storm Disasters. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2017;32(5):568–579.