The snow, the men, the shovel, the risk? ER admissions after snow shovelling: 13 winters in Bern

Thomas Sauter; Dominik Georg Haider; Meret Elisabeth Ricklin; Aristomenis K Exadaktylos

doi:10.4414/smw.2015.14104

Peer reviewed clinical letter

Vol. 145 No. 0304 (2015)

The snow, the men, the shovel, the risk? ER admissions after snow shovelling: 13 winters in Bern

Thomas Sauter
Dominik Georg Haider
Meret Elisabeth Ricklin
Aristomenis K Exadaktylos

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2015.14104
Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2015;145:w14104
Published: 11.01.2015

References

Watson DS, Shields BJ, Smith GA. Snow shovel-related injuries and medical emergencies treated in US EDs, 1990 to 2006. Am J Emerg Med. 2011;29:11–117.
Sheldahl LM, Wilke NA, Dougherty SM, Levandoski SG, Hoffman MD, Tistani FE. Effect of age and coronary artery disease on response to snow shoveling. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1992;20:1111–7.
Janardhanan R, Henry Z, Hur DJ, Lin CM, Lopez D, Reagan PM, Rudnick SR, Koshko TJ, Keeley EC. The snow-shoveler`s ST elevation myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 2010;106:596–600.
Franklin BA, George P, Henry R, Gordon S, Timmis GC, O’Neill WW. Acute myocardial infarction after manual or automated snow removal. Am J Cardiol. 2001;87:1282–3.
Nichols RB, McIntyre WF, Chan S, Scogstad-Stubbs D, Hopman WM, Baranchuk A. Snow-shoveling and the risk of acute coronary syndromes. Clin Res Cardiol. 2012:101:11–115.
Breitner S, Wolf K, Peters A, Schneider A. Short-term effects of air temperature on cause-specific cardiovascular mortality in Bavaria, Germany. Heart. 2014;100(16):1272–80.
Alperovitch A, Lacombe JM, Hanon O. Relationshop between blood pressure and outdoor temperature in a large sample of elderly individuals: the Three-City study. Arch Inter Med. 2009;169:75–80.
Keatinge WR, Coleshaw SR, Cotter F. Increases in platelet and red cell counts, blood viscosity, and arterial pressure during mild surface cooling: factors in mortality from coronary and cerebral thrombosis in winter. Br Med J. (Clin Res Ed) 1984;289:1405–8.
USA Today, weather. November 19, 2014.

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Sauter T, Haider D, Ricklin M, Exadaktylos A. The snow, the men, the shovel, the risk? ER admissions after snow shovelling: 13 winters in Bern. Swiss Med Wkly [Internet]. 2015 Jan. 11 [cited 2024 Nov. 16];145(0304):w14104. Available from: https://smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/1970

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[1] Watson DS, Shields BJ, Smith GA. Snow shovel-related injuries and medical emergencies treated in US EDs, 1990 to 2006. Am J Emerg Med. 2011;29:11–117.

[2] Sheldahl LM, Wilke NA, Dougherty SM, Levandoski SG, Hoffman MD, Tistani FE. Effect of age and coronary artery disease on response to snow shoveling. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1992;20:1111–7.

[3] Janardhanan R, Henry Z, Hur DJ, Lin CM, Lopez D, Reagan PM, Rudnick SR, Koshko TJ, Keeley EC. The snow-shoveler`s ST elevation myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 2010;106:596–600.

[4] Franklin BA, George P, Henry R, Gordon S, Timmis GC, O’Neill WW. Acute myocardial infarction after manual or automated snow removal. Am J Cardiol. 2001;87:1282–3.

[5] Nichols RB, McIntyre WF, Chan S, Scogstad-Stubbs D, Hopman WM, Baranchuk A. Snow-shoveling and the risk of acute coronary syndromes. Clin Res Cardiol. 2012:101:11–115.

[6] Breitner S, Wolf K, Peters A, Schneider A. Short-term effects of air temperature on cause-specific cardiovascular mortality in Bavaria, Germany. Heart. 2014;100(16):1272–80.

[7] Alperovitch A, Lacombe JM, Hanon O. Relationshop between blood pressure and outdoor temperature in a large sample of elderly individuals: the Three-City study. Arch Inter Med. 2009;169:75–80.

[8] Keatinge WR, Coleshaw SR, Cotter F. Increases in platelet and red cell counts, blood viscosity, and arterial pressure during mild surface cooling: factors in mortality from coronary and cerebral thrombosis in winter. Br Med J. (Clin Res Ed) 1984;289:1405–8.

[9] USA Today, weather. November 19, 2014.