Factors causing emergency medical care overload during heatwaves: A Delphi study

Matteo Paganini; Hamdi Lamine; Francesco Della Corte; Ives Hubloue; Luca Ragazzoni; Francesco Barone-Adesi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0295128

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Factors causing emergency medical care overload during heatwaves: A Delphi study

Matteo Paganini ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: matteo.paganini@unipd.it

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, CRIMEDIM—Center for Research and Training in Disaster Medicine, Humanitarian Aid and Global Health, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7556-6928

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Hamdi Lamine,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations CRIMEDIM—Center for Research and Training in Disaster Medicine, Humanitarian Aid and Global Health, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy, Department for Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5603-083X

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Francesco Della Corte,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations CRIMEDIM—Center for Research and Training in Disaster Medicine, Humanitarian Aid and Global Health, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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Ives Hubloue,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Group on Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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Luca Ragazzoni,

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations CRIMEDIM—Center for Research and Training in Disaster Medicine, Humanitarian Aid and Global Health, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy, Department for Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli, Italy
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Francesco Barone-Adesi

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations CRIMEDIM—Center for Research and Training in Disaster Medicine, Humanitarian Aid and Global Health, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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Factors causing emergency medical care overload during heatwaves: A Delphi study

Matteo Paganini,
Hamdi Lamine,
Francesco Della Corte,
Ives Hubloue,
Luca Ragazzoni,
Francesco Barone-Adesi

Published: December 20, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295128

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