SynthesisJournal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi2016
Short-term Effect of Fine Particulate Matter on Children's Hospital Admissions and Emergency Department Visits for Asthma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
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45 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Update of a systematic review on associations between environmental exposures and asthma control and exacerbations in young children.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
- Combinations of Epidemiological and Experimental Studies in Air Pollution Research: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- High Temperatures and Kidney Disease Morbidity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2019Pooled it
- Impact of air pollution on exacerbations of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases for the intensivist: a narrative review.Intensive care medicine experimental · 2026Review
- Health and Regulatory Impacts of PMGeoHealth · 2026Article
- Seasonal viruses modify short-term air pollution effects on pediatric wheeze and asthma: a time-series study.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2026Article
- Development of the Respiratory System During Adolescence.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- Short-term exposure to ultrafine particles and asthma hospital admissions in children in Copenhagen, Denmark.Thorax · 2025Article
- Air pollution and alveolar health.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025Review
- Comparative analysis of ambient, in-home, and personal exposures reveals associations between breathing zone pollutant levels and asthma exacerbations in high-risk children.Respiratory research · 2025Article
- Evaluation of indoor air pollution in children with asthma.Northern clinics of Istanbul · 2025Article
- Parental Report of Indoor Air Pollution Is Associated with Respiratory Morbidities in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.The Journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Risk Factors for Acute Asthma Exacerbations in Adults With Mild Asthma.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2024Article
- The Role of Neighborhood Air Pollution in Disparate Racial and Ethnic Asthma Acute Care Use.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2024Article
- Association of Short-Term Increases in Ambient Fine Particulate Matter With Hospitalization for Asthma or COPD During Wildfire Season and Other Time Periods.CHEST pulmonary · 2024Article
- The Impact of Climate Change on Asthma and Allergic-Immunologic Disease.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2023Review
- eHealth Technologies for Monitoring Pediatric Asthma at Home: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Acute Effects of Ambient Air Pollution on Asthma Emergency Department Visits in Ten U.S. States.Environmental health perspectives · 2023Article
- Indoor air pollution effects on pediatric asthma are submicron aerosol particle-dependent.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Article
- New Homogeneous Spatial Areas Identified Using Case-Crossover Spatial Lag Grid Differences between Aerosol Optical Depth-PMAtmosphere · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesNo children-specified review and meta-analysis paper about the short-term effect of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) on hospital admissions and emergency department visits for asthma has been published. We calculated more precise pooled effect estimates on this topic and evaluated the variation in effect size according to the differences in study characteristics not considered in previous studies.
methodsTwo authors each independently searched PubMed and EMBASE for relevant studies in March, 2016. We conducted random effect meta-analyses and mixed-effect meta-regression analyses using retrieved summary effect estimates and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and some characteristics of selected studies. The Egger's test and funnel plot were used to check publication bias. All analyses were done using R version 3.1.3.
resultsWe ultimately retrieved 26 time-series and case-crossover design studies about the short-term effect of PM2.5 on children's hospital admissions and emergency department visits for asthma. In the primary meta-analysis, children's hospital admissions and emergency department visits for asthma were positively associated with a short-term 10 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5 (relative risk, 1.048; 95% CI, 1.028 to 1.067; I2=95.7%). We also found different effect coefficients by region; the value in Asia was estimated to be lower than in North America or Europe.
conclusionsWe strengthened the evidence on the short-term effect of PM2.5 on children's hospital admissions and emergency department visits for asthma. Further studies from other regions outside North America and Europe regions are needed for more generalizable evidence.
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