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ArticleBMC surgery2023

From emissions to incisions and beyond: the repercussions of climate change on surgical disease in low- and-middle-income countries.

Russell Seth Martins, Kostantinos Poulikidis, Syed Shahzad Razi, M Jawad Latif, Kyle Tafuri, Faiz Y Bhora

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Article in BMC surgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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.

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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Russell Seth MartinsDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack Meridian Health Network - Central Region, Edison, NJ, 08820, United States of America. russellseth.martins@hmhn.org.
Kostantinos PoulikidisDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack Meridian Health Network - Central Region, Edison, NJ, 08820, United States of America.
Syed Shahzad RaziDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack Meridian Health Network - Central Region, Edison, NJ, 08820, United States of America.
M Jawad LatifDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack Meridian Health Network - Central Region, Edison, NJ, 08820, United States of America.
Kyle TafuriHackensack Meridian Health Network, Nutley, NJ, 08820, United States of America.
Faiz Y BhoraDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack Meridian Health Network - Central Region, Edison, NJ, 08820, United States of America. faiz.bhora@hmhn.org.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate change has far-reaching repercussions for surgical healthcare in low- and middle-income countries. Natural disasters cause injuries and infrastructural damage, while air pollution and global warming may increase surgical disease and predispose to worse outcomes. Socioeconomic ramifications further strain healthcare systems, highlighting the need for integrated climate and healthcare policies.

Indexed as

Air PollutionClimate ChangeDeveloping CountriesHumansEnvironmentEquityGlobal SurgeryHealthcareLow- and middle-income countriesOperationsSurgerySustainability

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PMID37974149
PMCPMC10655255

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