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This course offers a comprehensive exploration of air pollution in India and its significant health impacts. It covers a range of pollutants, including particulate matter, VOCs, heavy metals, and ozone. The course explores the pathophysiological mechanisms, including oxidative stress, systemic inflammation, and endothelial dysfunction, that underlie conditions such as asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease. It emphasises the use of clinical tools, including air quality indices and personal exposure monitoring, to assess patient risk.

Duration : 01:00:00 hours

Content provider : Accrecent

Date launched at CMEPEDIA : August 25, 2025

Expiry date of course : Awaiting accreditation

Module size : 12.72MB

Price : ₹0.00 - ₹330.00

Financial disclosure:

Accrecent requires all individuals in control of educational content to disclose financial relationships with ineligible companies from at least the past 24 months, preferably from the time of their graduation. All relevant relationships from planners, editorial staff, authors, and peer reviewers have been disclosed, reviewed, and appropriately mitigated in accordance with ACCME Standards.

Ineligible companies are defined as organisations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Emma Van Hoecke, the founder of Accrecent, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
All other team members of Accrecent involved in the development or review of this content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
The financial disclosure status of all authors and peer reviewers is provided in the "Authors & Peer Reviewers" section of this activity.

Intended change this activity aims to achieve:

improve learners competence

Topic:

Advanced practice nursing, Ambulatory nursing care, Cardiology, Dermatology, Emergency medicine, Endocrinology, General surgery, Gynecology, Hematology, Immunology, Implantology, Laboratory medicine and pathology, Nephrology

Professional category:

Anaesthesia technician, Discharge planner, Emergency care technician, Cardiothoracic surgeon, Advanced practice nurse, Allergist, Audiologist, Cardiologist, Chiropractor, Clinical social worker, Dental mechanic, Dental surgeon, Dentist, Emergency physician, Endocrinologist, Endodontist

Accreditation:

Awaiting accreditation

Learning outcomes

Identify different types of air pollutants.
List the different sources of air pollution.
Describe how different air pollutants affect cardiovascular, neurological, and respiratory health.
Advice on reducing exposure to air pollution and managing respiratory health effectively
Design a comprehensive patient risk assessment protocol incorporating air quality indices, personal exposure monitoring, and clinical evaluation techniques to effectively identify and manage high-risk patients due to air pollution exposure.

About the author

Raj Gopal K

The course provides a strong foundational knowledge of air pollution-related health effects, particularly in cardiovascular, respiratory, cognitive, and geriatric health.

No interest declared

Mitigation: Not applicable

About the peer reviewer

Seema