Naslov
Changes in pulse rate among the civilian population during air-raid alerts un the city of Zagreb

Autori
Gregurek, Rudolf ; Vukušić, Herman ; Tocilj, Goranka

Izvornik
Millitary medicine (0026-4075) 163 (1998), 12; 850-852

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
pulse rate; air-raid alerts

Sažetak
...The study included 50 civilians who, at the moment of sounding of an air-raid siren, had a continuous electrocardiogram (ECG) recorded as a part of routine cardiological examination. The frequency of the pulse was read out from the ECG at four different time points: before sounding and at the moment of sounding of a siren, at the moment of cessation of the alert and one hour afterwards. The mean values of the pulse were calculated for each time point. All subjects were further divided into four groups according to the length of exposure to the air-raid alerts (September 15, 1991 - January 3, 1992). The results shown a significant increase in pulse frequency at the moment of sounding of an air-raid siren comparing to findings before the air-raid siren (p<0.001). However, when comparing the pulse frequencies ateach of the time points indicated, no significant difference was found between the beginning and the end of air-raid alert campaign (p>0.05). We conclude that within a civilian population of the city of Zagreb there was no adaptation to traumatic war situations as evidenced by the lack of the pulse reaction after a period of time under air-raid alerts. In other words, civilians always reacted by increasing pulse frequency at the moment of sounding of air-raid siren.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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