Effects of short-term air pollution exposure on respiratory infection-related healthcare burden in kidney transplant recipients
Jie JIANG, Ying ZHANG, Bo PENG, Yi ZHU, Yingzi MING, Xufang WU · 2026
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Jie Jiang and co-authors measure how dirty air in the days before illness raises the hospital burden of kidney transplant patients with chest infections, in a study from 2026. Transplant patients catch respiratory infections easily, and pollution may deepen the damage. The team followed 874 recipients hospitalized for such infections at one Chinese hospital from 2017 to 2023.
Daily exposure to six pollutants in the week before symptoms was matched to each patient's costs and stay length, using lag-aware models. Fine particles, PM2.5, showed the strongest link: at a cumulative 160 micrograms per cubic meter, costs rose by about 9,500 yuan. A spike on the first lag day also lengthened stays. Coarser particles showed a weaker trend in the same direction.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jie JIANG, Ying ZHANG, Bo PENG, Yi ZHU, Yingzi MING, Xufang WU |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |