Consultations for acute respiratory diseases in the pediatric population and their relationship with atmospheric particulate matter in Bahía Blanca: an ecological study.

Autor:	Buffone IR; Department of Epidemiology and Quality, Secretariat of Public Health, Municipality of Bahía Blanca, Argentina., Romano HJ; Unit of Health Information Technology, Hospital Municipal de Agudos Dr. Leónidas Lucero, Bahía Blanca, Argentina.
Jazyk:	English; Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj:	Archivos argentinos de pediatria [Arch Argent Pediatr] 2023 Feb 01; Vol. 121 (1), pp. e202202588. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 13.
DOI:	10.5546/aap.2022-02588.eng
Abstrakt:	Introduction. Particulate matter (PM) is one of the air pollutants most involved in the onset or exacerbation of respiratory conditions in children. Objective. To describe the characteristics of consultations for acute respiratory diseases in children younger than 15 years and the levels of PM in the air and to analyze their association in a sector of Bahía Blanca between April 2019 and March 2020. Population and methods. Ecological, time-series study with multiple groups. Descriptive analysis of total number of consultations, by area, diagnosis, and PM. Generalized linear correlation and regression model to determine the relationship among variables. The SPSS® software was used. Results. Data from 4787 consultations were collected. Of these, 38.6% (1846) were related to rhinitis and 21.1% (1011), to bronchospasm. PM of 10 nm (PM10) exceeded its limit value on 31% (115) of the study days, and PM of 2.5 nm (PM2.5), on 3% (8). A 10% increase in PM2.5 showed increases of 1.3% in total consultations; the increase reached 2.1% in the area closest to the industrial sector (p < 0.05). In the latter, a 10% increase in PM10 was associated with an increase of 1.8% in consultations (p < 0.05). Conclusion. A positive association was evidenced between consultations for acute respiratory diseases and PM levels in the air, especially with PM2.5 and in the area closest to the industrial sector. (Sociedad Argentina de Pediatría.)
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