A new paper by Dr. Susan Cheng and her team at Cedars-Sinai in JACC examined emergency room visits during and in the days following the January 2025 LA wildfires to determine if the fires impacted health outcomes.
What is the clinical question being addressed?
What health outcomes did local residents experience following onset of the Los Angeles wildfires?
What is the main finding?
Local residents experienced a 24% excess in pulmonary illness, a 46% excess in myocardial infarction, and a 118% excess in systemic illness requiring emergency medical attention.
Read the full paper online. (Open Access)