ArticleThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology2023
Do upper respiratory viruses contribute to racial and ethnic disparities in emergency department visits for asthma?
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- Clustering of self-reported social and environmental risk factors identifies vulnerable subgroups with increased asthma morbidity.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global · 2026Article
- Rental housing may contribute to racial and ethnic disparities in upper respiratory infections.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Neighborhood disadvantage and the back-to-school epidemic of viral-associated asthma exacerbations.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2025Article
- Indoor allergen exposure and its association to upper respiratory infections and pulmonary outcomes among children with asthma.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2024Article
- The Influence of Fine Particulate Matter and Cold Weather on Emergency Room Interventions for Childhood Asthma.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Racial and Ethnic Identity and Vulnerability to Upper Respiratory Viral Infections Among US Children.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere are marked disparities in asthma-related emergency department (ED) visit rates among children by race and ethnicity. Following the implementation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prevention measures, asthma-related ED visits rates declined substantially. The decline has been attributed to the reduced circulation of upper respiratory viruses, a common trigger of asthma exacerbations in children.
objectivesTo better understand the contribution of respiratory viruses to racial and ethnic disparities in ED visit rates, we investigated whether the reduction in ED visit rates affected Black, Latinx, and White children with asthma equally.
methodsAsthma-related ED visits were extracted from electronic medical records at Dell Children's Medical Center in Travis County, Texas. ED visit rates among children with asthma were derived by race/ethnicity. Incidence rate ratios (IRRs) and 95% CIs were estimated by year (2019-2021) and season.
resultsIn spring 2019, the ED visit IRRs comparing Black children with White children and Latinx children with White children were 6.67 (95% CI = 4.92-9.05) and 2.10 (95% CI = 1.57-2.80), respectively. In spring 2020, when infection prevention measures were implemented, the corresponding IRRs decreased to 1.73 (95% CI = 0.90-3.32) and 0.68 (95% CI = 0.38-1.23), respectively.
conclusionsThe striking reduction of disparities in ED visits suggests that during nonpandemic periods, respiratory viruses contribute to the excess burden of asthma-related ED visits among Black and Latinx children with asthma. Although further investigation is needed to test this hypothesis, our findings raise the question of whether Black and Latinx children with asthma are more vulnerable to upper respiratory viral infections.
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