ReviewAnesthesia and analgesia2020
The COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
Review in Anesthesia and analgesia, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 235 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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235 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Scientific Evidence in Public Health Decision-Making: A Systematic Literature Review of the Past 50 Years.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Preparing for pandemics: a systematic review of pandemic influenza clinical management guidelines.BMC medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Global variations in the burden of SARS-CoV-2 infection and its outcomes in pregnant women by geographical region and country's income status: a meta-analysis.BMJ global health · 2022Pooled it
- International alliance and AGREE-ment of 71 clinical practice guidelines on the management of critical care patients with COVID-19: a living systematic review.Journal of clinical epidemiology · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the mental health symptoms during the Covid-19 pandemic in Southeast Asia.Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness of public health measures in reducing the incidence of covid-19, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and covid-19 mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2021Pooled it
- Prevalence and outcomes of malnutrition among hospitalized COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical nutrition ESPEN · 2021Pooled it
- Methylene blue for COVID-19 ARDS: insights from a randomized Clinical Trial.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Trial
- Facing the COVID-19 pandemic inside maternities in Brazil: A mixed-method study within the REBRACO initiative.PloS one · 2021Trial
- Global Viral Lower Respiratory Disease Episodes, Hospitalisations, and Clinical Outcomes by Aetiology, 2010-2021.Infectious diseases and therapy · 2026Article
- Nipah virus and the lessons of COVID-19: are we prepared for the next pandemic threat?Infectious medicine · 2026Review
- Excess mortality and associated sociodemographic factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural Pune Maharashtra, India: a retrospective data analysis from the Vadu health and demographic surveillance system.Population health metrics · 2026Review
- The role of sense of coherence in the relationship between posttraumatic stress, depression and anxiety among nurses in South Africa.Journal of health psychology · 2026Article
- Could home management of COVID-19 cases alleviate strain on the fragile healthcare system in Damascus, Syria: a prospective cohort study.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Architects of folding, editors of immunity: the strategic use ofFrontiers in immunology · 2026Article
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- Lessons of practices of community-based maternal and child health surveillance system during and post COVID-19 in Indonesia.Global health action · 2025Article
- A global health crisis in the making: the US withdrawal from the World Health Organization and its impact on global health equity.Journal of global health · 2025Article
- Global burden of acute lymphoblastic leukemia following the COVID-19 pandemic.Annals of hematology · 2025Article
175 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is spreading rapidly around the world with devastating consequences on patients, health care workers, health systems, and economies. As it reaches low- and middle-income countries, its effects could be even more dire, because it will be difficult for them to respond aggressively to the pandemic. There is a great shortage of all health care providers, who will be at risk due to a lack of personal protection equipment. Social distancing will be almost impossible. The necessary resources to treat patients will be in short supply. The end result could be a catastrophic loss of life. A global effort will be required to support faltering economies and health care systems.
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