A systematic review of air pollution and incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Introduction: Studies have linked air pollution with the incidence of acute coronary artery events and cardiovascular mortality but the association with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is less clear. Aim: To examine the association of air pollution with the occurrence of OHCA.Methods: Electron...
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2013
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| author | Teng, T. Williams, T. Bremner, A. Tohira, H. Franklin, P. Tonkin, A. Jacobs, I. Finn, Judith |
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| description | Introduction: Studies have linked air pollution with the incidence of acute coronary artery events and cardiovascular mortality but the association with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is less clear. Aim: To examine the association of air pollution with the occurrence of OHCA.Methods: Electronic bibliographic databases (until February 2013) were searched. Search terms included common air pollutants and OHCA. Studies of patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators and OHCA not attended by paramedics were excluded. Two independent reviewers (THKT and TAW) identified potential studies. Methodological: quality was assessed by the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.Results: Of 849 studies, 8 met the selection criteria. Significant associations between particulate matter (PM) exposure (especially PM2.5) and OHCA were found in 5 studies. An increase of OHCA risk ranged from 2.4% to 7% per interquartile increase in average PM exposure on the same day and up to 4 days prior to the event. A large study found ozone increased the risk of OHCA within 3 h prior to the event. The strongest risk OR of 3.8–4.6% per 20 parts per billion ozone increase of the average level was within 2 h prior to the event. Similarly, another study found an increased risk of 18% within 2 days prior to the event.Conclusions: Larger studies have suggested an increased risk of OHCA with air pollution exposure from PM 2.5 and ozone. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-117212019-02-19T04:27:22Z A systematic review of air pollution and incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Teng, T. Williams, T. Bremner, A. Tohira, H. Franklin, P. Tonkin, A. Jacobs, I. Finn, Judith Introduction: Studies have linked air pollution with the incidence of acute coronary artery events and cardiovascular mortality but the association with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is less clear. Aim: To examine the association of air pollution with the occurrence of OHCA.Methods: Electronic bibliographic databases (until February 2013) were searched. Search terms included common air pollutants and OHCA. Studies of patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators and OHCA not attended by paramedics were excluded. Two independent reviewers (THKT and TAW) identified potential studies. Methodological: quality was assessed by the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.Results: Of 849 studies, 8 met the selection criteria. Significant associations between particulate matter (PM) exposure (especially PM2.5) and OHCA were found in 5 studies. An increase of OHCA risk ranged from 2.4% to 7% per interquartile increase in average PM exposure on the same day and up to 4 days prior to the event. A large study found ozone increased the risk of OHCA within 3 h prior to the event. The strongest risk OR of 3.8–4.6% per 20 parts per billion ozone increase of the average level was within 2 h prior to the event. Similarly, another study found an increased risk of 18% within 2 days prior to the event.Conclusions: Larger studies have suggested an increased risk of OHCA with air pollution exposure from PM 2.5 and ozone. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11721 10.1136/jech-2013-203116 British Medical Journal Group fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Teng, T. Williams, T. Bremner, A. Tohira, H. Franklin, P. Tonkin, A. Jacobs, I. Finn, Judith A systematic review of air pollution and incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest |
| title | A systematic review of air pollution and incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest |
| title_full | A systematic review of air pollution and incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest |
| title_fullStr | A systematic review of air pollution and incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest |
| title_full_unstemmed | A systematic review of air pollution and incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest |
| title_short | A systematic review of air pollution and incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest |
| title_sort | systematic review of air pollution and incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11721 |