Long-term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Hospital Admissions for Stroke

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thuan Quoc Thach* ◽  
Hilda Tsang ◽  
King Pan Chan ◽  
Siu Yin Lee
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Fine Particulate Matter ◽  
Fine Particulate

scholarly journals Long‐Term Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution Is Associated With 30‐Day Readmissions and Hospital Visits Among Patients With Heart Failure

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cavin K. Ward‐Caviness, ◽  
Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi, ◽  
Joshua Moyer, ◽  
Anne M. Weaver, ◽  
Wayne E. Cascio, ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Fine Particulate Matter ◽  
Total Hospital ◽  
Fine Particulate ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
Hospital Visits ◽  
Pollution Exposure

Background Long‐term air pollution exposure is a significant risk factor for inpatient hospital admissions in the general population. However, we lack information on whether long‐term air pollution exposure is a risk factor for hospital readmissions, particularly in individuals with elevated readmission rates. Methods and Results We determined the number of readmissions and total hospital visits (outpatient visits+emergency room visits+inpatient admissions) for 20 920 individuals with heart failure. We used quasi‐Poisson regression models to associate annual average fine particulate matter at the date of heart failure diagnosis with the number of hospital visits and 30‐day readmissions. We used inverse probability weights to balance the distribution of confounders and adjust for the competing risk of death. Models were adjusted for age, race, sex, smoking status, urbanicity, year of diagnosis, short‐term fine particulate matter exposure, comorbid disease, and socioeconomic status. A 1‐µg/m 3 increase in fine particulate matter was associated with a 9.31% increase (95% CI, 7.85%–10.8%) in total hospital visits, a 4.35% increase (95% CI, 1.12%–7.68%) in inpatient admissions, and a 14.2% increase (95% CI, 8.41%–20.2%) in 30‐day readmissions. Associations were robust to different modeling approaches. Conclusions These results highlight the potential for air pollution to play a role in hospital use, particularly hospital visits and readmissions. Given the elevated frequency of hospitalizations and readmissions among patients with heart failure, these results also represent an important insight into modifiable environmental risk factors that may improve outcomes and reduce hospital use among patients with heart failure.

Long-term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Mortality Among Canadian Women

Epidemiology ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 536-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul J. Villeneuve ◽  
Scott A. Weichenthal ◽  
Daniel Crouse ◽  
Anthony B. Miller ◽  
Teresa To ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Fine Particulate Matter ◽  
Fine Particulate

Long-term Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Lung Cancer in a Large Cohort of Never-Smokers

2011 ◽  
Vol 184 (12) ◽  
pp. 1374-1381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle C. Turner ◽  
Daniel Krewski ◽  
C. Arden Pope ◽  
Yue Chen ◽  
Susan M. Gapstur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Fine Particulate Matter ◽  
Large Cohort ◽  
Fine Particulate ◽  
Never Smokers

Long-term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution is Associated with Increased Platelet Count in Taiwanese Adults

2018 ◽  
Vol 2017 (1) ◽  
pp. 336
Author(s):  
Zilong Zhang ◽  
Cui Guo ◽  
Alexis K.H. Lau ◽  
Tony Tam ◽  
Ta-Chien Chan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Platelet Count ◽  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Fine Particulate Matter ◽  
Fine Particulate
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