Weather-Related Exposures and Emergency Department Visits for Pediatric Sickle Cell Complications
Increased temperature, HI, and WBGT among high-risk pediatric patients with SCD were associated with increased odds of ED visit for VOC and decreased odds for ACS. As climate change progresses, further studies are needed to identify population, neighborhood, and patient-level environmental risk factors contributing to acute complications for patients with SCD.
Authors
- Pradip P. Chaudhari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7732-632X)
- Danica B. Liberman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7626-2160)
- Frank González (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2647-957X)
- Rima Habre
- Y.-H Xu
- Jay G. Berry
- Matt Hall
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Department for Transport (GB)
- Children's Hospital Association (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Emergency Care
- Published
- 2026-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pec.0000000000003561
- Primary Topic
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00