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ReviewRespirology (Carlton, Vic.)2023

Asthma and landscape fire smoke: A Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand position statement.

Vanessa M McDonald, Gregory Archbold, Tesfalidet Beyene, Bronwyn K Brew, Peter Franklin, Peter G Gibson, John Harrington, Philip M Hansbro, Fay H Johnston, Paul D Robinson and 4 more

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Review in Respirology (Carlton, Vic.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 9 institutions in 1 country.

Vanessa M McDonaldCollege of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9890-3408
Gregory ArchboldAsthma and Breathing Research Program, The Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia.
Tesfalidet BeyeneCollege of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0774-7708
Bronwyn K BrewNational Perinatal Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Centre for Big Data Research in Health, Discipline of Women's Health, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9885-8261
Peter FranklinSchool of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9983-1212
Peter G GibsonCollege of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5865-489X
John HarringtonAsthma and Breathing Research Program, The Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1542-6250
Philip M HansbroCentre for Inflammation, Centenary Institute and University of Technology Sydney, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4741-3035
Fay H JohnstonMenzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5150-8678
Paul D RobinsonDepartment of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7397-105X
Michael SutherlandEpworth Richmond, Richmond, Victoria, Australia.
Deborah YatesDepartment of Thoracic Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6419-6856
Graeme R ZoskyMenzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9039-0302
Michael J AbramsonSchool of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9954-0538
Hunter Medical Research Institute · AUUniversity of Tasmania · AUEpworth Hospital · AUMonash University · AUNew South Wales Department of Health · AUThe University of Queensland · AUThe University of Western Australia · AUUniversity of Technology Sydney · AUUNSW Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Landscape fires are increasing in frequency and severity globally. In Australia, extreme bushfires cause a large and increasing health and socioeconomic burden for communities and governments. People with asthma are particularly vulnerable to the effects of landscape fire smoke (LFS) exposure. Here, we present a position statement from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand. Within this statement we provide a review of the impact of LFS on adults and children with asthma, highlighting the greater impact of LFS on vulnerable groups, particularly older people, pregnant women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We also highlight the development of asthma on the background of risk factors (smoking, occupation and atopy). Within this document we present advice for asthma management, smoke mitigation strategies and access to air quality information, that should be implemented during periods of LFS. We promote clinician awareness, and the implementation of public health messaging and preparation, especially for people with asthma.

Indexed as

AsthmaSmokeWildfiresAdultAgedAustraliaAustralian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PeoplesChildCost of IllnessFemaleHumansNew ZealandPregnancyPublic HealthSmokeasthmaexacerbationimpacts risklandscape fire smokemanagementmitigationpathogenesis

Identifiers

PMID37712340
PMCPMC10946536
OpenAlexW4386756900

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