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ReviewThe Lancet regional health. Western Pacific2022

Building sustainable and resilient surgical systems: A narrative review of opportunities to integrate climate change into national surgical planning in the Western Pacific region.

Rennie X Qin, Lotta Velin, Elizabeth F Yates, Omnia El Omrani, Elizabeth McLeod, Jemesa Tudravu, Lubna Samad, Alistair Woodward, Craig D McClain

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Review in The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Association between extreme weather events and postoperative adverse outcomes: a systematic review.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Rennie X QinThe Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Lotta VelinCentre for Teaching and Research in Disaster Medicine and Traumatology (KMC), Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Johannes Magnus väg 11, Linköping 583 30, Sweden.
Elizabeth F YatesCenter for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1620 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02120, USA.
Omnia El OmraniFaculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Ramsis Street, Abbassia Square, Cairo, Egypt.
Elizabeth McLeodDepartment of Neonatal and Paediatric Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Rd, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.
Jemesa TudravuMinistry of Health and Medical Services of Fiji, Dinem House, 88 Amy St, Suva, Fiji.
Lubna SamadCenter for Essential Surgical and Acute Care, IRD Global, 4th Floor, Woodcraft Building, Plot 3 & 3-A, Sector 47, Korangi Creek Road, Karachi, Pakistan.
Alistair WoodwardSchool of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, 22-30 Park Ave, Auckland 1023, New Zealand.
Craig D McClainThe Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Five billion people lack access to surgical care worldwide; climate change is the biggest threat to human health in the 21st century. This review studies how climate change could be integrated into national surgical planning in the Western Pacific region. We searched databases (PubMed, Web of Science, and Global Health) for articles on climate change and surgical care. Findings were categorised using the modified World Health Organisation Health System Building Blocks Framework. 220 out of 2577 records were included.

Indexed as

Climate changeCO2, Carbon dioxideDALY, Disability-adjusted life yearFEMAT, Fiji Emergency Medical Assistance TeamGHG, Greenhouse gasHICs, High-income countriesHVAC, Heating, ventilation, and air conditioningIPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangekgCO2e, Kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalentLCA, Life-cycle analysisLCoGS, Lancet Commission on Global SurgeryLED, Light-emitting diodeLMICs, Low- and middle-income countriesNational health planningNatural disastersNSOAP, National Surgical, Obstetric, and Anaesthesia PlanOR, Operating RoomSOA, Surgical, obstetric, and anaesthesiaSUD, Single-use deviceSurgical system strengtheningWASH, Water, sanitation, and hygieneWestern pacific

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PMID35243461
PMCPMC8881731

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