Relevant Publications

CHART investigators have published the article “Estimating the Association Between Outdoor Temperature and Acute Kidney Injury Using Alternative Case Definitions”, which describes the study aimed to improve estimates of the association between acute kidney injury (AKI) and ambient heat exposure through better case ascertainment and by isolating community-acquired AKI. Rabin B, D’Souza R, Weil EJ, Chang HH, Ebelt S, Scovronick N. Estimating the Association Between Outdoor Temperature and Acute Kidney…

Abstract:  Heterogeneity in temperature-mortality relationships across locations may partly result from differences in the demographic structure of populations and their cause-specific vulnerabilities. Here we conduct the largest epidemiological study to date on the association between ambient temperature and mortality by age and cause using data from 532 cities in 33 countries. We collected daily temperature and mortality data from each country. Mortality data was provided as daily death counts within…