3. 1. Föhn und Föhnwirkungen, vol. Weather impacts on single-vehicle truck crash injury severity. The aim of this multicenter database is a pseudo-anonymized and standardized documentation of severely injured patients. Background: Foehn describes a wind which occurs in areas with close proximity to mountains. The data indicate that the main proportion of foehn days occurred in fall and winter months. One woman described feeling low, and having a headache when the Foehn was building up, but then being full of energy when it finally started blowing. Changes also in animals behaviours: dogs, cattle. The relations identified between SIDS incidence and wind, after controlling for the effects of temperature and trend, were tenuous and relatively small. Google Scholar. The presence of foehn wind is associated with worsening health conditions. In the literature we can find reports discussing health-related changes in response to foehn wind. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). The causation of Föhnkrankheit (English: Foehn-sickness) is unproven. The negative effects that these invasive species present to the local environment include: Reduced biodiversity; Altered hydrologic and/or soil conditions 2015;46(6):945–53. This study is not without limitations. 1950;17(3–4):104–11. The level of significance was set at p = < 0.05. Amiel M. Geography of health. The wind called the Santa Ana here is known as the foehn in Western Europe and the khamsin in the Middle East. Epidemic migraine events, thromboembolisms and severe changes in … .css-14iz86j-BoldText{font-weight:bold;}It's common to hear people say that weather affects their health. And what about Mr Wechsler, himself? A foehn-typical circulation was present on 65 days (4.5%). This study focuses on the influence of the external factor foehn wind when suffering a severe trauma defined as ISS ≥ 9. It has been reported that wind gusts from a Chinook wind can exceed speeds of 120 km/h (75 mph). These studies, also known as the “Innsbruck Foehn Studies”, investigated the effect of foehn winds on the general feeling of students at the University of Innsbruck [3]. The influence of foehn winds on the incidence of severe injuries in southern Bavaria – an analysis of the TraumaRegister DGU®. The years from 2013 to 2016 were analyzed for the presence of foehn winds. ever recorded in Japan (41.1°C). Among mountain climbers, the winds present increased challenges during climbing. The caused meteorological effects are dry-adiabatically and wet-adiabatically cooling on the upwind side of elevated terrain and dry-adiabatically heating on the downwind side. 1987;44:85–98. Maciejczak A, Guzik A, Wolan-Nieroda A, Wojcik M, Pop T. Impact of Foehn Wind and Related Environmental Variables on the Incidence of Cardiac Events. Weather and Chinook winds in relation to spontaneous pneumothoraces. During its descent, the air warms proportionally by 1 °C per 100 m. This results in a warm dry wind on the northern side of the Alps with a clear vision without clouds. Google Scholar. We detected an increased hospital admission on days with a foehn-typical circulation. For the presence of a foehn event in Southern Bavaria, the air pressure distribution in Europe has to generate a circulation directed from south to north over the Alps. Trauma Mon. With higher temperatures during summer, trauma load is expected to be higher. Injury. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. PubMed Central More data are necessary to substantiate whether northerly winds on the … Berg H. Die Wirkung des Föhns auf den menschlichen Organismus. Part of 1. 1: Springer; 2013. p. 219–60. Springer Nature. Patients, who were admitted via resuscitation room to one of the 37 hospitals and fulfilled the inclusion criteria of the TraumaRegister DGU® on a day with foehn-typical circulation were identified and characterized by demographic data like sex, age and ISS. In a next step, we calculated the influence on hospital admission of the season, day of the week and foehn circulation. .css-1xgx53b-Link{font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;font-weight:700;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;color:#FFFFFF;}.css-1xgx53b-Link:hover,.css-1xgx53b-Link:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}Read about our approach to external linking. With use of our meteorological model the majority of foehn days occurred in fall and winter months. Cities of the 37 included hospitals: Hausham, Bad Tölz, Murnau, Munich (12 hospitals), Dachau, Schongau, Weilheim, Augsburg, Freising, Fürstenfeldbruck, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Erding, Landsberg am Lech, Starnberg, Traunstein, Altötting, Bad Reichenhall, Ebersberg, Wertingen, Wolfratshausen, Kaufbeuren, Bad Aibling, Prien, Rosenheim, Bobingen. They can cause rapid melting or sublimation of snow due to the wind’s warmth and low humidity. Lieber AL. Tips for helping your child's mental health. Leukerbad, located in a side valley, rarely experiences the full force of the Foehn, but the effects of this wind are well known: people say that the Foehn brings headaches, makes them depressed, invites suicide, and generates a feeling of ill health. The TraumaRegister DGU® of the German Trauma Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie, DGU) was founded in 1993. 2008;25(11):769–72. Richner H. Understanding and Forecasting Alpine Foehn. However, the role of the foehn wind on the event has not yet been investigated. Leukerbad, located in a side valley, rarely experiences the full force of the Foehn, but the effects of this wind are well known: people say that the Foehn brings headaches, makes them depressed, invites suicide, and generates a feeling of ill health. J Trauma. The experiment concluded that, even after adjusting for other weather variables, wind direction had a notable effect on mental health; specifically, a southeasterly wind raised anxiety and lowered energy levels. In fact, not only does the foehn have an impact on air quality, temperature, melting of snow, etc. The mean ISS was 20.2 (9–75) on foehn days vs. 20.3 (9–75) on days without foehn circulation (p = 0.99). In this study, we included patients with an Injury Severity Score (ISS) of at least 9 with post-ER admission to ICU or prior to death in the ER from 2013 to 2016. However, the TraumaRegister DGU® conducts audits to ensure high quality standards. Am Surg. In detail, three criteria have to be met for the presence of foehn winds: The difference in air pressures between weather stations south (Bolzano and Trento, Italy) and north (Munich, Germany) of the Alps was calculated. According to Berg et al., the potential influence of foehn winds in the population is equivalent to a “mass psychosis” [9]. Data and numerical model For the EHT events, we used observational data from the auto- 2014;45(Suppl 3):S93–9. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie. A logistic regression analysis with the number of daily admitted trauma patients as the primary target value was performed in dependence of foehn winds. The present study is in line with the publication guidelines of the TraumaRegister DGU® and registered as TR-DGU project ID 2014–024. also stated July and August to be the months with an anticipated high trauma volume independent of high temperature [23]. In the polar regions, many ice shelves have been destroyed by this wind. The general influence of a nature phenomenon on health conditions might be considered critically as people tend to correlate many different symptoms with the presence of weather events. The Foehn is a warm, dry, downslope wind found on the lee side of mountains; the type‐location for this adiabatic wind is the European Alps. However, an increased incidence of trauma was refuted [22, 32, 33]. Authors describe that foehn winds lead to general illness symptoms (headache, tiredness, insomnia, nausea, circulatory dysfunctions). Hence we cannot guarantee for the data delivered by the participating hospitals. Due to the coverage of only one large geographic area (north to south: 120 km, west to east: 170 km), it is not possible to guarantee that foehn winds were present on the respective foehn days in every region of the 37 hospitals. Among the 6215 individuals, 301 patients (4.8%) suffered a severe trauma on foehn days. RL and FG conducted the analysis of the data derived from the TraumaRegister DGU®. Berko J, Ingram DD, Saha S, Parker JD. Yeung et al. We estimated both the total and natural direct effects (independent of particulate matter, ozone and nitrogen dioxide air pollutants) of the prior 2-day mean apparent temperature (AT) on PTB. The name Foehn (German: Föhn, pronounced [ˈføːn]) arose in the Alpine region. Weekly quiz: What was the inauguration poem called? "No, not at all, no. A systematic review of the literature. However, these theories that are often perceived to be ludicrous are yet subjects of seriously conducted studies. A more complex multivariate regression analysis additionally including every weekday (Monday-Sunday) and every month (January–December) as dependent variables revealed a number of 0.72 (p = 0.015; 95% confidence interval 0.13–1.3) severe trauma admissions on foehn days. Deaths attributed to heat, cold, and other weather events in the United States. A foehn wind is defined as a strong, warm, dry wind that flows down into the valleys when stable, high-pressure air is forced down the lee slopes of a mountain range, according to the National Wildfire Coordinating Group. Thakur CP, Sharma D. Full moon and crime. J Trauma. Relationship between air pollution, weather, traffic, and traffic-related mortality. Fletcher R. Winter atmospheric ionization in the Chinook area of southern Alberta. This results in a warm, dry wind with very good visibility on the downwind side of the mountains [2]. In 1933, first results by Rohden et al. 2020; 17(8):2638. Google Scholar. The issue was recently the subject of an hour-long programme on Swiss radio, during which listeners phoned in to swap symptoms. Some people do not like very dry winds regardless of their overall thermal effects. Cookies policy. PubMed Google Scholar. However, the correlation between foehn winds and trauma remains unknown to this day. This might lead to additional increased free time activity in the otherwise so called dark months. John Hammond explains the Foehn effect High humidity air is created within this zone. The increase of pediatric admission even accounts for up to 11% [21]. Guidelines including permission to use and adapt: https://www.google.com/intl/en-GB/permissions/geoguidelines/. On days with foehn-typical circulation, an additional 0.87 individuals (95% confidence interval 0.23–1.47) suffered a severe trauma. Terms and Conditions, Department of Trauma Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Ismaninger Straße 22, 81675, Munich, Germany, Frederik Greve, Karl-Georg Kanz, Michael Zyskowski, Francesca von Matthey, Peter Biberthaler & Stefan Huber-Wagner, Research Centre Human Biometeorology, German Meteorological Service, Stefan-Maier-Straße 4, 79104, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Health, IFOM – Institute for Research in Operative Medicine, University Witten/Herdecke, Ostmerheimer Str. However, there is consensus over a few widely accepted health effects. Mortality rates following trauma: the difference is night and day. Data is collected prospectively in four consecutive time phases from the site of the accident until discharge from hospital: A) Pre-hospital phase, B) Emergency room (ER) and initial surgery, C) Intensive care unit (ICU) and D) Discharge. As an additional limitation, this study used a register for data analysis. This snow-removing ability is caused not only by warmer temperatures, but also the low relative humidity of the air mass having been stripped of moisture … PubMed Many, for example, claim that joint pain, the increased twinge of an arthritic knee perhaps, is a sure sign that cold wet weather is on the way. "It is a very strong wind," explains Ludwig Z'graggen of Switzerland's Federal Office of Meteorology (MeteoSwiss). In summer, spring and on Saturdays, the trauma-induced hospital admission is increased, whereas during fall and winter months, the daily number of admitted patients decreases. In July, the trauma load is the highest at 10% [22]. However, it is the foehn's adverse effects that grab the headlines. Human aggression and the lunar synodic cycle. Rosen S. Weathering. They were not able to detect any connection between wind speed, ISS, trauma admissions, Glasgow Coma Scale and length of hospital stay [36]. Figure 3 depicts the average number of daily admitted patients per month and the presence of foehn wind. For more details, please see Table 1. "It gets drier and speeds up; we call it a down-slope wind storm, or a lee warm-air flow. Relationship between weather and seasonal factors and trauma admission volume at a level I trauma center. Foehn winds are not directly measured by German weather stations. Dastoorpoor M, Idani E, Khanjani N, Goudarzi G, Bahrampour A. Maciejczak A, Guzik A, Wolan-Nieroda A, Wójcik M, Pop T. Impact of Foehn Wind and Related Environmental Variables on the Incidence of Cardiac Events. 1984;289(6460):1789–91. The incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) exhibits environmental temperature seasonality and various day effects but was unaffected by föhn winds. A man said he believed the wind was a challenge, in a positive way, because it "shakes us up a bit". Dry adiabatic cooling: During its ascent over the mountains, the air cools down proportionally to the decreasing air pressure by 1 °C per 100 m. Cool air saves less water than hot air. Swiss pharmacists are used to customers seeking help because of alleged Foehn-related symptoms. Watkins CJ, Feingold PL, Hashimoto B, Johnson LS, Dente CJ. 2). 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Naik B, Tung LW, Zhao S, Khattak AJ. Heat and high temperature are associated with an increase of hospital admissions due to trauma [20]. Frederik Greve. A multivariate regression analysis was performed. Nocturnal violence: implications for resident trauma operative experiences. Geofisica Pura Applicata. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. crisp and clear on the days when the Foehn blows It's common to hear people say that weather affects their health volume 21, Article number: 568 (2020) Labels for preparations of aspiri… It is well-investigated that adverse weather events such as heavy precipitation, frost, heat, and high wind velocity may influence the possibility of accidents, often leading to severe injuries [10,11,12,13,14,15,16]. In addition, excessive plant growth, algae, and invasive aquatic plants can sometimes be a nuisance to ponds, lakes, streams, wetland areas, and storm water detention and retention facilities. Not all hospitals are required to deliver data to the TraumaRegister DGU®, which could cause a potential selection bias. Epidemiology of injuries: current trends and future challenges. The resultant wind is dry and warm giving clear conditions at airfields on the lee side of the mountain range. ", And Ludwig Z'graggen admits he even makes a special trip to one of the Foehn valleys when his beloved wind is blowing. Every weather is fine for me.". The data used by Pape-Köhler et al. When you add in strong winds, this lifts the air over high ground. However, Parsons et al. Minor injuries are not recorded by the TraumaRegister DGU®, so we are not able to detect any influence of foehn winds on this large collective. In other words, it blew no good. Article Can J Surg. O'Connor ZJ, Helmer SD, Yates CL, Ward JG, Khandelwal A, Haan JM. In line with other studies, we expect increased free time activity and so called disco journeys on Saturdays to be responsible for these results [22, 26]. We analyzed patients with an Injury Severity Score (ISS) of at least nine with admission to intensive care units or prior death in the emergency room. I love the Foehn. People often complain about health-related issues worsening due to foehn wind. The term foehn originated in the Alpine region of Austria, Switzerland and Southern Germany. However, other parts of California can experience foehn winds. J Emerg Trauma Shock. Keywords: Foehn wind, Trauma, Polytrauma, Foehn wind Bavaria, TraumaRegister DGU® Background Foehn describes a very strong, warm and dry wind. J Clin Psychiatry. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. Liu A, Soneja SI, Jiang C, Huang C, Kerns T, Beck K, Mitchell C, Sapkota A. This wind breezes down the Rhone valley in Europe. Of those, 65.1% were male and 34.9% were female. All meteorological data were obtained from a subunit of the German Meteorological service, Research Centre Human Biometeorology in Freiburg (DWD – Deutscher Wetterdienst). It seems unlikely that changes to the atmospheric proportion of positive ions, as caused by wind direction or speed, either directly or indirectly affects SIDS incidence. A study by the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München found that suicideand accidents increased by 10 percent during foehn winds in Central Europe. Epidemiol Rev. Correspondence to 1975;117(11):425–30. The Foehn Effect also may be associated with mountain wave activity. Examples are Chinook (North America), Helm (United Kingdom), Puelche (Chile), Halny (Poland) or Zonda (Argentina). Originating from Latin (ventus) favonius, a mild west wind of which Favonius was the Roman personification [5] and probably transmitted by Romansh: favuogn or just fuogn, the term was adopted as Old High German: phōnno. made between the foehn wind and some secondary effects. "It can really be a problem, the Foehn headache," says Berne pharmacist Daniel Wechsler. Figure 3 illustrates the presence of foehn wind in dependence of each month. Ali AM, Willett K. What is the effect of the weather on trauma workload? The number of suspected suicides was almost equal in both groups (5.3% on foehn days vs. 4.4% on days without foehn-typical circulation; p = 0.47). For details on the foehn theory, please see Fig. Read about our approach to external linking. Emerg Med J. Ac-cording to the World Meteorological Organization (1992), foehn is defined as wind on the lee (downwind) side of a mountain which dries and warms during its down-slope descent [1]. The first descriptive studies addressing the health aspects of foehn winds go back to the early twentieth century. For defining a day as characterized by a foehn circulation, both criteria have to be present for at least six hours. In the Swiss village of Leukerbad, residents are quite familiar with the Foehn, which sweeps regularly through the main Rhone valley from the southeast. Keywords: Foehn wind, Trauma, Polytrauma, Foehn wind Bavaria, TraumaRegister DGU® Background Foehn describes a very strong, warm and dry wind. The purpose of this study is to quantify the effects of the foehn wind on this EHT event. O’connor et al. Dry adiabatic warming: Due to its higher density, the cool air descends after passing the crest. Pape-Kohler CI, Simanski C, Nienaber U, Lefering R. External factors and the incidence of severe trauma: time, date, season and moon. The patients were treated in 37 hospitals in Southern Bavaria as a typical foehn wind region (Fig. MacKenzie EJ. Famous as a word, its overall health effects are less pervasive than the foehn. Am J Emerg Med. "And we like that. Traffic and accident statistics (ADAC) [http://www.adac.de/infotestrat/ratgeber-verkehr/statistiken/default.aspx]. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 21, 568 (2020). 2010;99(4):235–9. Relation of the weather and the lunar cycle with the incidence of trauma in the Groningen region over a 36-year period. © 2021 BioMed Central Ltd unless otherwise stated. MZ/FVM/PB assisted in the literature search and critical revisions of the manuscript for important intellectual content. A wind directed from south to north (between 110° and 250°) and a mean wind velocity of at least 12 m/s are required for the generation of a foehn situation. According to the World Meteorological Organization (1992), foehn is defined as wind on the lee (downwind) side of a mountain which dries and warms during its down-slope descent [1]. The mistral. New York: Doubleday; 1982. 2006;15(2):149–53. For example, the influence of different lunar phases is well-investigated. Kals W. Your health, your moods, and the weather, vol. "Others - they have hurricanes, they have cyclones. This can have a widespread negative effect. Schieman C, Graham A, Gelfand G, McFadden SP, Tiruta C, Hill MD, Grondin SC. However, we were not able to identify a significant effect of a foehn typical circulation on pediatric trauma admissions. Thus, there is no reliable data to determine definitive foehn events over the course of several days. but it also has an effect on spreading fires, road accidents, human health and animal’s behavior. Hence, it is difficult to blame the potential physiological effect of foehn winds for the observations of this study. Ingeniousness vegetation naturally will suffer as a result, but it has an even larger impact on the agricultural sector, where crop losses can impact the local economy. Injury. "One (of my colleagues) said that's all nonsense; another said 'no, I am quite sure I can feel the Foehn'. The incidence of severe trauma was highest on Saturdays (4.8 patients). No evidence was found to suspect that föhn winds influenced SIDS occurrence. For the first time, we were able to demonstrate that the presence of a foehn-typical circulation potentially increases trauma-induced hospital admission. 5.7 patients treated in July constituted the maximum vs. 3.1 in January as minimum number. On foehn days, the mean number of admitted patients was 4.6. A younger patient age and an increased hospital admission during the night substantiate this theory [27, 28]. Catchment area of the participating hospitals in Southern Bavaria [19]. There was no funding for this study. Privacy 2000;15(1):9–15. 2012;78(6):657–62. Foehn, German Föhn, warm and dry, gusty wind that periodically descends the leeward slopes of nearly all mountains and mountain ranges. Google Scholar. High temperature leads to an increase of 1.8% of adult trauma admission [15]. This results in the formation of clouds with rain or snow on the southern side of the Alps. For centuries, people in the Alps have attributed health issues, headaches in particular, to the mountain wind known as the Foehn. PubMed Central By the time it reaches the peaks and stops climbing, the air is quite dry. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. This study is the first to investigate the influence of foehn winds on the possibility of suffering a severe trauma. Parsons N, Odumenya M, Edwards A, Lecky F, Pattison G. Modelling the effects of the weather on admissions to UK trauma units: a cross-sectional study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders Between 2013 and 2016, 6215 individuals from 37 trauma hospitals in Bavaria met the inclusion criteria and were enrolled in this study. Foehn describes a wind which occurs in areas with close proximity to mountains. Some health effects in weather-afflicted people are similar to those with microbial infections. Strong and gusrty winds themselves may cause unpleasantness by disrupting clothing and hair, making walking difficult or carrying grit and other objects into the air (Arens and Ballanti, 1977). If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. For details please see Table 3. Organization WM. Conducting a multivariate regression analysis, we were able to identify an independent impact of a foehn-typical circulation on daily trauma admissions. The daily admitted number of patients was the highest in July (5.7) and the lowest in January (3.1). Roosli M, Juni P, Braun-Fahrlander C, Brinkhof MW, Low N, Egger M. Sleepless night, the moon is bright: longitudinal study of lunar phase and sleep. 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