ArticleScientific reports2022
Effect of climate on surgical site infections and anticipated increases in the United States.
Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of climatic variables on postoperative outcomes in various surgical disciplines: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2026Pooled it
- Association between extreme weather events and postoperative adverse outcomes: a systematic review.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2025Pooled it
- Operating under pressure: a scoping review of the effects of climate change on general surgery.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Seasonal trends in surgical site infections after hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- Environmental Determinants of Surgical Site Infections in Abdominal Surgeries: A Scoping Review of Evidence from East Africa.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Review
- Comment on 'A Prospective Observational Study to Assess the Surgical Site Infections Following Abdominal Surgeries in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital'.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Environmental sustainability in healthcare: impacts of climate change, challenges and opportunities.Singapore medical journal · 2025Review
- Global surgery and climate change: how global surgery can prioritise both the health of the planet and its people.BMC surgery · 2025Review
- Seasonal Factors Associated with Surgical Site Infections Following Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgeries and Pathogen Identification: A Retrospective Study in A Single Center in China.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2025Article
- The climate crisis and healthcare: What do infection prevention and stewardship professionals need to know?Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2023Review
- Impact of climate change on surgery: A scoping review to define existing knowledge and identify gaps.The journal of climate change and healthArticle
- Optimizing Surgical Site Infection Prevention in Dermatologic Surgery.Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgeryReview
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Abstract
Surgical site infections (SSI) are one of the most common and costly hospital-acquired infections in the United States. Meteorological variables such as temperature, humidity, and precipitation may represent a neglected group of risk factors for SSI. Using a national private insurance database, we collected admission and follow-up records for National Healthcare Safety Network-monitored surgical procedures and associated climate conditions from 2007 to 2014. We found that every 10 cm increase of maximum daily precipitation resulted in a 1.09 odds increase in SSI after discharge, while every g/kg unit increase in specific humidity resulted in a 1.03 odds increase in SSI risk after discharge. We identified the Southeast region of the United States at highest risk of climate change-related SSI, with an estimated 3% increase in SSI by 2060 under high emission assumptions. Our results describe the effect of climate on SSI and the potential burden of climate-change related SSI in the United States.
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