Friday, December 10, 2021

Chronic exposure to air pollution may increase risks for ICU admission or death among COVID-19 patients, study finds

 

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/937426

 

 News Release 9-Dec-2021
Peer-Reviewed Publication
The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine

 

Hospitalized COVID-19 patients who had been chronically exposed in their neighborhoods to higher particulate matter—such as smoke, soot, and dirt—had increased risks for admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) and death compared to those without such exposure, Mount Sinai-led researchers reported in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine on December 8.

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