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ReviewScandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine2012

Care of the injured worldwide: trauma still the neglected disease of modern society.

Joseph V Sakran, Sarah E Greer, Evan Werlin, Maureen McCunn

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Review in Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Cost-effectiveness of specialized trauma care: A systematic review.Journal of health services research & policy · 2026
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  2. Substantial heterogeneity in trauma triage tool characteristic operationalization for identification of major trauma: a hybrid systematic review.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Joseph V SakranDepartment of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Street (MSC 613/CSB 420), Charleston, SC 29425-6130, USA. sakran@musc.edu
Sarah E Greer
Evan Werlin
Maureen McCunn

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traditionally, surgical diseases including emergency and injury care have garnered less attention and support internationally when compared to other medical specialties. Over the past decade however, healthcare professionals have increasingly advocated for the need to address the global burden of non-communicable diseases. Surgical disease, including traumatic injury, is among the top causes of death and disability worldwide and the subsequent economic burden is substantial, falling disproportionately on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The future of global health in these regions depends on a redirection of attention to diseases managed within surgical, anesthesia and emergency specialties. Increasing awareness of these disparities, as well as increasing focus in the realms of policy and advocacy, is crucial. While the barriers to providing quality trauma and emergency care worldwide are not insurmountable, we must work together across disciplines and across boundaries in order to negotiate change and reduce the global burden of surgical disease.

Indexed as

Global HealthHealthcare DisparitiesDeveloping CountriesEmergency Medical ServicesHumansNeglected DiseasesPersons with DisabilitiesSurgical Procedures, OperativeWounds and Injuries

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PMID22980446
PMCPMC3518175

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