The Impact of Heat Waves on Emergency Department Visits in Roanoke, Virginia.

The article discusses the impact of heat waves on emergency department visits in Roanoke, Virgin. Topics discussed include Prior heat-related research has emphasized the impact of heat events on mortality, but there is a growing interest in understanding the influence of heat on emergency department (ED) visits; and potential cause of morbidity, traditional data set filtering by heat stress codes results in a significant underestimate of the actual heat impact.