ArticleKidney international reports2025
The 2023 Canadian Wildfires and Risk of Hospitalization and Mortality Among Hemodialysis Patients in the United States.
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- Disasters and hazard exposure in end-stage kidney disease: a scoping review of patient outcomes.Clinical kidney journal · 2026Article
- Geographical Information Systems-Based Wildfire Risk Analysis of Canadian Dialysis Facilities.Kidney international reports · 2026Article
- Genetic susceptibility to respiratory health effects from outdoor air pollution: a structured narrative review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026Review
- Atmospheric stressors and kidney diseases.Nature reviews. Nephrology · 2026Review
- Assessing the Evidence for Differential Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke Across Fires and Populations: A Critical Review of Recent Studies.Current environmental health reports · 2026Review
- Wildfire smoke PMScience advances · 2026Article
- Risk of hospitalization and mortality across US climate regions following extreme heat exposure in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) receiving in-center hemodialysis: a space-time-stratified case-crossover analysis.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2025Article
- From Risk and Vulnerability to Preparedness and Resiliency: An Opinion Piece on Championing Disaster and Emergency Risk Reduction and Management in Kidney Care.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2025Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Smoke plumes from the 2023 Canadian wildfires severely impacted air quality across the Eastern and Midwestern USA. However, a comprehensive health impact assessment is lacking in this large region. We investigated the association between wildfire-related air pollutants and the risk of mortality and hospitalization among hemodialysis patients in 22 heavily impacted states in the Eastern and Midwestern USA. Methods: We conducted a retrospective observational study using a time-stratified case-crossover analysis with a conditional quasi-Poisson model. The study included 52,995 patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) receiving hemodialysis at Fresenius Kidney Care clinics during June and July 2023. The presence of wildfire smoke and fine particulate matter (with aerodynamic diameter < 2.5 microns, PM Results: The highest daily wildfire-related PM Conclusion: Our findings suggest that air pollution from the 2023 Canadian wildfires resulted in increased risk of mortality and hospitalization among hemodialysis patients in Eastern and Midwestern USA.
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