Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.
Clin Chest Med. 2024 Sep;45(3):531-541. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2024.02.025.
Outdoor air pollution is ubiquitous, and no safe level of exposure has been identified for the most common air pollutants such as ozone and particle pollution. Children are uniquely more susceptible to the harms of outdoor air pollution, which can cause and exacerbate respiratory disease. Although challenging to identify the effects of outdoor air pollution on individual patients, understanding the basics of outdoor air pollution is essential for pediatric respiratory health care providers. This review covers basic information regarding outdoor air pollution, unique considerations for children, mechanisms for increased susceptibility, and association with incident and exacerbation of respiratory disease in children.
室外空气污染无处不在,最常见的空气污染物,如臭氧和颗粒物污染,尚未确定安全的暴露水平。儿童尤其更容易受到室外空气污染的伤害,它会导致和加重呼吸道疾病。尽管很难确定室外空气污染对个别患者的影响,但了解室外空气污染的基础知识对于儿科呼吸道保健提供者来说是至关重要的。这篇综述涵盖了有关室外空气污染的基本信息、儿童的特殊考虑因素、易感性增加的机制,以及与儿童呼吸道疾病的发病和恶化的关系。