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ReviewSAGE open medicine2021

Assessing the global burden of hemorrhage: The global blood supply, deficits, and potential solutions.

Nakul P Raykar, Jennifer Makin, Monty Khajanchi, Bernard Olayo, Alejandro Munoz Valencia, Nobhojit Roy, Pablo Ottolino, Analia Zinco, Jana MacLeod, Mark Yazer and 7 more

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Review in SAGE open medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed
9.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 8 institutions in 4 countries.

Nakul P RaykarTrauma & Emergency General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1825-7333
Jennifer MakinDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Monty KhajanchiDepartment of Surgery, KEM Hospital, Mumbai, MA, India.
Bernard OlayoCenter for Public Health and Development, Nairobi, Kenya.
Alejandro Munoz ValenciaDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Nobhojit RoyHealth Systems Strengthening Unit, CARE-India, Bihar, India.
Pablo OttolinoDepartment of Surgery, Hospital Sotero Del Rio, Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile.
Analia ZincoDepartment of Surgery, Hospital Sotero Del Rio, Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile.
Jana MacLeodDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Mark YazerDepartment of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Jayant RajgopalDepartment of Industrial Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Bo ZengDepartment of Industrial Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Hyo Kyung LeeDepartment of Industrial Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Bopaya BidandaDepartment of Industrial Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Pratap KumarBusiness School, Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya.
Juan Carlos PuyanaDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Kristina RuddDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6695-8401
University of Pittsburgh · USUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center · USHospital Clínico de la Universidad Católica · CLStrathmore University · KEBrigham and Women's Hospital · USCare India · INCollege of Medicine & JNM Hospital · INPartners for Health and Development in Africa · KE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is a critical shortage of blood available for transfusion in many low- and middle-income countries. The consequences of this scarcity are dire, resulting in uncounted morbidity and mortality from trauma, obstetric hemorrhage, and pediatric anemias, among numerous other conditions. The process of collecting blood from a donor to administering it to a patient involves many facets from donor availability to blood processing to blood delivery. Each step faces particular challenges in low- and middle-income countries. Optimizing existing strategies and introducing new approaches will be imperative to ensure a safe and sufficient blood supply worldwide.

Indexed as

blood transfusionGlobal blood availabilityglobal surgeryunbanked directed blood transfusionwalking blood banks

Identifiers

PMID34790356
PMCPMC8591638
OpenAlexW3211975021

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