Polluted Air from Canadian Wildfires and Cardiopulmonary Disease in the Eastern US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Intense wildfires affecting residential populations are increasingly frequent. However, the adverse cardiopulmonary consequences to patients from remote wildfire smoke exposure is uncertain.

Objective

To investigate the association between wildfire smoke originating in Western Canadian provinces with cardiopulmonary disease burden in sociodemographically heterogenous populations in the Eastern US.

Design, setting, and participants

This case-only study used International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes for cardiopulmonary diseases extracted from the University of Maryland Medical System in June 2023 vs June 2018 and June 2019. Data were analyzed from September 2023 to September 2024.

Exposu

SUBMITTER: Maldarelli ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11645649 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature