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Association of Influenza-Like Illness and Climatic Parameters With Hemoptysis

Ignasi Garcia-Olivé, Jose A Fiz, Jose Sanz-Santos, Carlos Martínez-Rivera, Marisol Prats and Juan Ruiz-Manzano
Respiratory Care November 2014, 59 (11) 1726-1730; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.03044
Ignasi Garcia-Olivé
Respiratory Service, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona
Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Bunyola, Bunyola, Mallorca
Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona
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Jose A Fiz
Respiratory Service, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona
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Jose Sanz-Santos
Respiratory Service, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona
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Carlos Martínez-Rivera
Respiratory Service, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona
Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Bunyola, Bunyola, Mallorca
Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona
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Marisol Prats
Respiratory Service, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona
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Juan Ruiz-Manzano
Respiratory Service, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona
Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Bunyola, Bunyola, Mallorca
Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona
Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although some authors have suggested that there is some seasonal periodicity of hemoptysis, or relation to respiratory tract infections, the association of influenza or climatic parameters with hemoptysis has been poorly investigated. Our aim was to describe the relationship between influenza and climatic parameters with severe hemoptysis that required bronchial artery embolization (BAE).

METHODS: All consecutive subjects with at least one episode of hemoptysis that required BAE during a 5-y period were included. We applied a general multivariable additive seemingly causal model corresponding to a lagged variable autoregressive model with the exogenous variables as monthly mean temperature, lagged monthly mean temperature (−1), and monthly mean influenza activity, and the number of embolizations as the endogenous variable.

RESULTS: We found a significant association between severe hemoptysis requiring BAE and low monthly mean temperature and influenza activity. Other climatic factors, such as atmospheric pressure, rainfall, relative humidity, or wind speed, failed to show significant association with the occurrence of life-threatening hemoptysis.

CONCLUSIONS: There is a strong long running relationship between severe hemoptysis and low monthly mean temperature. A weaker association of hemoptysis with influenza activity was also found.

  • bronchial artery embolization
  • climatic factors
  • Google Flu Trends
  • hemoptysis
  • influenza
  • temperature

Introduction

Hemoptysis is a potentially life-threatening situation that requires prompt intervention. Several conditions, such as tuberculosis, cancer, or bronchiectasis, may lead to clinically important hemoptysis. Although some authors have suggested that there is some seasonal periodicity of hemoptysis,1–3 or association with respiratory tract infections,4–6 the association of influenza or climatic parameters with life-threatening hemoptysis has been poorly investigated.

Bronchial artery embolization (BAE) is a safe and effective treatment for massive hemoptysis, as well as for chronic but nonmassive hemoptysis that impairs a patient's quality of life or could be a precursor of a massive hemoptysis event.7

This paper describes the relationship between influenza and climatic parameters with severe hemoptysis that required bronchial artery embolization.

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Current knowledge

Hemoptysis is a potentially life-threatening condition requiring immediate intervention. Hemoptysis has been associated with influenza, infection, and climatic conditions, but no causal factors have been identified.

What this paper contributes to our knowledge

There was a significant association between severe hemoptysis requiring embolization and low monthly mean temperature and influenza activity. Other factors, such as atmospheric pressure, rainfall, and relative humidity, failed to show a significant association with the occurrence of life-threatening hemoptysis.

Methods

Institution

This was an observational retrospective study of subjects presenting with life-threatening hemoptysis who underwent BAE at Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, a 600-bed tertiary referral hospital in Badalona (Catalonia, Spain). It is a referral hospital for > 700,000 people. In 2009, there were 27,000 hospital admissions and 110,000 admissions to the emergency room.

Case Definition

All consecutive subjects with at least one episode of life-threatening hemoptysis that required BAE during a 5-y (January 2007 through December 2011) period were included. Life-threatening hemoptysis was defined as bleeding of 200 mL during 24 h, 100 mL daily during at least 3 d, or a minor hemoptysis with hemodynamic instability. Recurring hemoptysis requiring BAE in a subject with previous embolization was included as a new hemoptysis event, unless it occurred within 1 month from the prior event (this was considered early recurrent bleeding).8

Bronchial Arterial Embolization

According to our institution's protocol, the platelet count, international normalized ratio, and activated partial thromboplastin were reviewed before angiography, and, if there were any coagulation disorders, they were corrected before the procedure. All procedures were performed by one of two interventional radiologists with > 10 y of experience. The choice of catheter, microcatheter, and embolization materials was made at the discretion of the operating physician. Descending thoracic aortogram was acquired at the beginning of the procedure, followed by selective catheterization of bronchial arteries. If no abnormal bronchial arteries were identified, nonbronchial systemic arteries were selectively catheterized, depending on the known site of pulmonary disease. Target vessels were superselectively catheterized if stable cannulation could not be achieved or if more distal cannulation of the vessel was required to avoid important side branches, such as the anterior spinal artery. All abnormal vessels supplying the area of interest were embolized if technically possible. If there was no detectable underlying pulmonary abnormality, all bronchial arteries on the side of bleeding that could be catheterized were embolized. Contraindications to embolization were visualization of the anterior spinal branch (if it was not possible to advance the catheter beyond this point) or catheter instability. Pulmonary angiography was not routinely performed.

Influenza Activity

The internet search engine Google developed Google Flu Trends (GFT) in 2008, to estimate national and regional influenza incidence. GFT is highly correlated with historical influenza-like illness conventional surveillance data and can detect regional outbreaks of influenza 7–10 d earlier than the existing United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveillance system.9 GFT has been applied in many countries.10,11

For the purpose of this study, the weekly GFT estimates of influenza incidence in Catalonia, a northeastern region of Spain, were recorded (http://www.google.org/flutrends, Accessed January 10, 2013), and monthly estimates were calculated.

Climatic Data Collection

Meteorological data for the period from January 2007 to December 2011 were obtained from the Catalan meteorological agency (http://www.meteo.cat, Accessed December 13, 2012) for one weather station located in Badalona, 5 km away from our institution. Monthly mean values were obtained for maximum temperature, minimum temperature, mean temperature, atmospheric pressure, rainfall, relative humidity, and wind speed.

Statistical Analysis

A general multivariable additive seemingly causal model was applied, corresponding to a lagged variable autoregressive model with monthly mean temperature, lagged monthly mean temperature (−1), and monthly mean influenza activity as exogenous variables, and the number of embolizations as the endogenous variable using the software Eviews-8 Enterprise Edition (IHS Global, Irvine, California).12 Multivariate equation estimation was performed by least squares method.

Ethical Considerations

The research protocol was approved by the regional ethics committee (ethics committee for clinical research of the Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol).

Results

A total of 125 subjects who underwent 133 embolizations were included in the analysis. These subjects' characteristics can be seen in Table 1. Table 2 shows descriptive statistics for climatic variables.

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Characteristics of the 125 Subjects

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Descriptive Statistic of Climatic Variables

Figure 1 shows the monthly time series evolution of the number of embolizations, mean temperature and influenza incidence between January 2007 and December 2011. Graphs of these series are not stationary, and temperature and influenza incidence have a clear seasonal component.

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Monthly time series evolution of number of embolizations, mean temperature, and influenza incidence between January 2007 and December 2011.

Correlogram of the time series of monthly mean relative humidity, wind velocity, and barometric pressure did not show significant peaks (Q-statistics) in the autocorrelation and partial correlation. This fact confirmed the stationary character of both series; therefore, they were not included in the multivariate time series analysis.

A general multivariable additive seemingly causal model was applied, corresponding to a lagged variable autoregressive model with monthly mean temperature, lagged monthly mean temperature (−1), and monthly mean influenza activity as the exogenous variables, and the number of embolizations performed each month as the endogenous variable.

Table 3 presents the statistical results based on the model with R2 = 0.17. The Durbin-Watson statistic measures the serial correlation in the residuals. In general, if the Durbin-Watson statistic is < 2, there is evidence of positive serial correlation. In our case, the Durbin-Watson statistic was > 2, which reflects the nonexistence of an autocorrelation problem. Akaike criterion was applied in model selection. We choose the length of lag by choosing the specification with the lowest value of Akaike criterion. All exogenous variables (monthly mean temperature, lagged monthly mean temperature (−1), and monthly mean influenza activity) have a joint significant effect on log (embolizations) based on the F test = 3.45 with a P value = .015. The Jarque-Bera statistic was used to support the null hypothesis test of normal residues distribution (Jarque-Bera = 1.36, P = .50). Model residues did not show heteroskedasticity or model residue variance changes (F test = 0.91, P = .50).

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Multivariable Lagged Variable Autoregressive Model Among Embolizations, Mean Temperature, and Influenza Activity

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Discussion

This study provides evidence of an association between severe hemoptysis requiring BAE and low mean temperature and influenza activity in Badalona (Spain). Although this association is strong in the case of mean temperature, association in the case of influenza activity is lower. Other climatic factors, such as atmospheric pressure, rainfall, relative humidity, or wind speed, failed to show significant association with the occurrence of life-threatening hemoptysis.

Seasonality of hemoptysis has already been suggested. Our group, for example, reported that hemoptysis requiring BAE occurred with some monthly variation demonstrated by 2 peaks, with the first one occurring during April and the second one during November.3 On the other hand, Boulay and colleagues1 reported an increase in cryptogenic hemoptysis requiring hospitalization in late winter and early spring (peak in March). The same authors, in another article, reported that hemoptysis showed aggregates of clusters in winter.2

Association of hemoptysis with climatic factors has not been previously studied. Environmental triggering factors have been described in the literature as explanations for hemorrhagic events. Principally, a marked increase in hospital attendance due to epistaxis during colder days has been described,13 although Bray and colleagues,14 with a larger series, found no correlation between temperature, seasonal preponderance, and epistaxis. Apart from epistaxis, association of bleeding occurence with meteorological variations was found.15–17 Tahri et al16 found a higher risk of esophageal varices rupture during winter. Furthermore, they also found a significant correlation between the risk of bleeding and mean temperature, rainfall, and stormy weather.16 The occurrence of subarachnoid hemorrhage has also been associated with meteorological variations.15,17 Lejeune and colleagues15 found that aneurysmal bleeding was significantly associated with low maximal temperature, and Setzer et al17 demonstrated that atmospheric pressure changes of > 10 hPa within 24 h were an independent predictor of clustering of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Some authors have suggested that one possible explanation for the increase in the number of patients with hemoptysis in winter could be the association of hemoptysis with acute infection.4,5 Smidt18 reported that patients with cryptogenic hemoptysis often presented during times when influenza or pneumonia were common. Nevertheless, to the best of our knowledge, no study has previously evaluated how influenza season correlates with hemoptysis. One study suggested a potential synergistic mechanism by which other pathogens could interfere with the clinical course of influenza A infection.19 However, we did not analyze whether coexistence of respiratory infections with influenza could increase the risk of hemoptysis.

Identification of significant triggers of hemoptysis, such as low temperature or infection, could be useful for physicians to improve prevention measures and educational strategies in patients with those diseases that are more likely to produce hemoptysis, or those with a higher risk of recurrence.

This study has several limitations. First of all, we used a therapeutic technique as an indirect indicator of hemoptysis. Thus, not all patients with hemoptysis are included in this study. Those who died as a result of massive hemoptysis before BAE and those with mild or moderate hemoptysis that did not require BAE were not included in the study. Second, influenza activity was obtained from GFT, not by traditional surveillance systems. The estimates this model provides correlate very well with sentinel physician networks data, and can be made available 1 or 2 weeks earlier than Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveillance reports.9 Nevertheless, although GFT is highly correlated with rates of influenza-like illness, it has a lower correlation with surveillance for laboratory-confirmed influenza.20 Furthermore, some authors have concluded that GFT data may not provide reliable surveillance for influenza and should be interpreted with caution, and that current internet search query data are no substitute for timely local clinical and laboratory surveillance, or national surveillance based on local data collection.21

The main strength of this report is that all patients included in the study had confirmed severe hemoptysis, and other conditions that could be considered as hemoptysis (such as hematemesis) have been excluded.

Conclusions

In summary, we show that there is a strong long running relationship between the number of embolizations performed and mean temperature. A weaker association of hemoptysis with influenza activity was also found. Confirmatory studies on the pattern of seasonal variation of hemoptysis shown in the present study are desirable, utilizing larger data sets.

Acknowledgments

The authors thank Josep Roca MD for his critical revision of this paper.

Footnotes

  • Correspondence: Ignasi Garcia-Olivé MD, Respiratory Service, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Carretera de Canyet s/n, 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: ignasi.g.olive{at}gmail.com.
  • The authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest.

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