Neonates in Ahmedabad, India, during the 2010 Heat Wave: A Climate Change Adaptation Study
Table 1
Average maximum temperature (Max._temp.), number of births to the study hospital, number of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) total admissions (ICU_Adm.), and number of heat related admissions to the NICU (Heat Adm.) by month.
April
May
June
2009
Max._temp. = 40.2
Max._temp. = 41.9
Max._temp. = 40.1
Heat Adm. = 5
Heat Adm. = 1
Heat Adm. = 2
ICU_Adm. = 82
ICU_Adm. = 61
ICU_Adm. = 59
Births = 246
Births = 225
Births = 230
2010
Max._temp. = 41.7
Max._temp. = 43.8
Max._temp. = 39.9
Heat Adm. = 3
Heat Adm. = 13
Heat Adm. = 8
ICU_Adm. = 51
ICU_Adm. = 75
ICU_Adm. = 58
Births = 203
Births = 253
Births = 209
2011
Max._temp. = 39.7
Max._temp. = 41.0
Max._temp. = 29.1
Heat Adm. = 1
Heat Adm. = 2
Heat Adm. = 1
ICU_Adm. = 52
ICU_Adm. = 53
ICU_Adm. = 53
Births = 206
Births = 228
Births = 225
Bold type represents the values during the month of May 2010 when the heat wave event that triggered this study occurred.
