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ReviewCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2024

Approach to heat-related illness.

Samantha Green, Susan Deering, David Ng, Kit Shan Lee

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Review in Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Approach to wildfire-related health impacts.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2026
    Review
  2. Article
  3. Edaravone's reno-protective effects against chronic heat-stress exposure.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025
    Article
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

4 authors.

Samantha GreenFamily physician at St Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Ont, Faculty Lead in Climate Change and Health in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, and President-Elect of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.
Susan DeeringFamily physician with a focused practice in care of the elderly in long-term care in Toronto, Co-chair of the Sunnybrook Green Task Force at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto.
David NgEmergency physician at the University Health Network in Toronto.
Kit Shan LeeFamily physician at Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo describe heat-related illness and provide approaches for treatment in family practice. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: The MeSH terms MAIN MESSAGE: Extreme heat events are increasing in frequency due to climate change and can directly result in heat exhaustion, heat stroke, or death. Exposure to extreme heat also exacerbates underlying health conditions. Patients may be at increased risk of heat-related illness because of underlying sensitivity to heat, increased exposure to heat, or barriers to resources.

conclusionFamily physicians can help prevent heat-related illness by identifying and counselling patients who are at increased risk and by advocating for interventions that reduce the chance of heat-related illness.

Indexed as

Family PracticeHeat Stress DisordersClimate ChangeHeat StrokeHot TemperatureHumansPrimary Health Care

Identifiers

PMID39271209
PMCPMC11407610

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