Pre-admission air pollution exposure prolongs the duration of ventilation in intensive care patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Air pollutant exposure constitutes a serious risk factor for the emergence or aggravation of (existing) pulmonary disease. The impact of pre-intensive care ambient air pollutant exposure on the duration of artificial ventilation was, however, not yet established.

Methods

The medical records of 2003 patients, admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Antwerp University Hospital (Flanders, Belgium), who were artificially ventilated on ICU admission or within 48 h after admission, for the duration of at least 48 h, were analyzed. For each patient's home address, daily air pollutant exposure [particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 µm (PM_2.5) and ≤ 10 µm (PM₁₀), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) and black carbon (BC)] up to 10 d

SUBMITTER: De Weerdt A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7224020 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature