Poor air quality leads to more asthma hospitalizations

Children with asthma spend more time in the hospital when there is a greater amount of particulate matter (PM 2.5) - tiny pieces of solids or liquids - and Ozone - a colorless gas - in the air, according to a new study by researchers at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM). The study, just published in the Journal of Asthma, comes days after New York City was blanketed in wildfire smoke.

In this first-of-its-kind study in children, led by pediatric hospitalist, Elissa B. Gross, D.O., M.P.H, the investigators assessed medical records of more than 1,700 children, aged 2 –18-years-old, admitted to CHAM between 2017 – 2019 and found that

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