title: [The influence of climate on the onset of intracranial hemorrhages].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  there are not studies exploring the potential role of weather conditions in the incidence of intracranial hemorrhages in Latin America.
  
  
  METHODS
  a descriptive study was carried out in an emergency room from Cartagena de Indias (Colombia). Data for all adult patients with intracranial hemorrhage and meteorological variables of the days when intracranial hemorrhages occurred were recorded and compared to with those where not a single case.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the differences between the average temperature, maximum and minimum temperatures, barometric pressure, relative humidity and wind speed were non statistically significant. However, when comparing the temperature differences day of the event over the previous days, those met the pre-established criteria of statistical significance. Furthermore, differences in barometric pressure, relative humidity, maximum and minimum temperature over the previous day, also reached this criterion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the results of this study suggest the existence of a climatic profile associated with the onset of intracranial hemorrhages.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Neurocirugía, Universidad de Cartagena, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. alcalagabriel@gmail.com
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alcalá-Cerra
authors.forename: Juan José
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez-Paternina
authors.forename: Edgar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Preciado-Mesa
authors.forename: Rubén
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sabogal-Barrios
authors.forename: Lucía M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Niño-Hernández
mesh_terms: D002980:Climate; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000453:epidemiology*