From
Scientific American:
When is an emergency not quite an emergency? According to a new study, the answer depends on how well your favorite baseball team is doing. A report published in the October issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine reveals that the number of visits to emergency rooms in Boston-area hospitals was inversely related to how well the Red Sox performed in the 2004 World Series.
I was unable to find the original reference in the Annals. However, a
search for baseball revealed the following other articles:
- Impact of Yankee Stadium Bat Day on Blunt Trauma in Northern New York City
- Baseball and Beer: An Analysis of Alcohol Consumption Patterns Among Male Spectators at Major-League Sporting Events
- Spectator Risk at Professional Sporting Events: An Analysis of the Cleveland Clinic Event Medicine Program
- 412 Variables Influencing Medical Use Rates in Mass Gathering Events
- The Puck Stops Here: Spectator Injuries, A Real Risk Watching Hockey Games
- Testicular dislocation: An uncommon and easily overlooked complication of blunt abdominal trauma
- 99 Serious Ice Hockey Injuries in Young Athletes
- Orbital Emphysema: How Common, How Significant?
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