Association between wildfire smoke exposure and pediatric emergency department visits for headache
Children are less likely to seek care in the emergency department for primary headache in the days following exposure to wildfire smoke, suggesting that healthcare utilization changes during wildfires. Clinicians should ensure youth with headache disorders who experience worsening symptoms associated with air pollution are equipped with strategies to manage their headache disorder at home during days with wildfire smoke, including effective at-home acute headache medications.
Authors
- Hannah F. J. Shapiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9987-2903)
- Joan A. Casey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9809-4695)
- Amy A. Gelfand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0911-7905)
- Daniel J. Shapiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9429-1053)
- Holly Elser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1781-904X)
- Chen Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0632-946X)
Institutions
- Washington State Department of Health (US)
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain
- Published
- 2025-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/head.15056
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00